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Oil Spills : Filming the Underground
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Leaders
in their field of underground-filming, its primary objective
amounts to capturing moments around the Hip Hop scene
all over Southern Africa, whether it is performances
on stage, off-stage free-style cyphers in dark alleys,
park-jams, B-boy shows, graff-writers benches, album
launches to national tours. This production company
literally lurks in the shadows of artist as they go
about in their day to day activities; doing interviews
to get the preverbial "straight out of the horses
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from the Jo'burg area they've made invaluable links
and contacts all over South Africa concretising a
strong connection with the artists they are featuring.
They worked closely with the Concentration Camp Collective
including Ground Works, BaseMental Platform, AbNormal
Details, Cashless Society, Audio Visual, Uncanny Cessmen...
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a natural flair to formulate more then just an interesting
way of presentation, their work can by called dynamic
and very authentic, with a street wise tone that underlines
everything. Over the last 2 years, they have created
an archive of footages of just about almost, every underground
artist you can think of in the S.A. scene. Amongst others,
they've filmed the Concentration Camps' Show at Wits
University, the BMP- Durban album launch, a Cashless
Society show at CD-Warehouse, the Hueman Tribute Show
and many other gigz. Completely an independet structure
relying on their on back pockets to pay for equipment
and film supplies... A force to be reckoned with in
the underground film world! |
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Grim |
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Ignatius (IGGY)
Mokone |
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They're really sitting on
a goldmine... way ahead for their time.
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Oil Spills is also involved
with the Urban Culture Development Project in terms
of film and editing work, forming the backbone of
the process. For this project Camilla Colley (Certificate
in Film, Editing and Production) has also come aboard,
along with New Media Productions and Met04. These
structures together has realized the importance of
developing urban cultures with a strong focus on music
which proves to be an important outlet for the youth
to express and sustain themselves. However providing
a documentary be it for research, promotion, education,
awareness or cultural integration requires extensive
planning and funding. Which is much needed on the
South African side to provide material for the exchange
of artist, radio programmes and audio-visual documentaries
with structures abroad.
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broadcasting-companies knocking on their door to get
their hands on the Oil Spills footage. |
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Oil Spills's contact
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• Grim - Director
/Project-Coordinator /very activedocumentaries and film-maker
- at madhauzdesign@yahoo.com
• Ignatius (IGGY) Mokone - Director of photography
and producer mainly involved with camera work - at i9475@hotmail.comi9475@hotmail.com |
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To
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