My Father The Mover

Documentary Short

Writer/Director/Producer
Julia Jansch

Featuring
Stoan MOVE Galela and Alatha Galela

DP
Ross Hillier

Editor
Tricia Holmes

Music and Sound
Pressure Cooker Studios

Color
Tom Poole

Executive Producers
Sheila Nevins, James Matthes, Julia Jansch

Producers
Mandilakhe Yengo, Julia Jansch

African electronic Gqom beats motivate kids in the township of Khayelitsha, South Africa to jive through their hardship and find their superpowers.

The film won the Grand Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival this year and was acquired by Sheila Nevins and MTV Studios. It has been accepted into numerous other Oscar-qualifying festivals, including Palm Springs, Flickers’ Rhode Island, Heartland, Cleveland, Amdocs, OFF, Florida, Bermuda and more.