{"id":157089,"date":"2021-10-21T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=157089"},"modified":"2021-10-21T15:11:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:11:35","slug":"2021-student-academy-award-winner-phumi-morare-talks-short-film-when-the-sun-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021-student-academy-award-winner-phumi-morare-talks-short-film-when-the-sun-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Student Academy Award Winner Phumi Morare Talks Short Film &#8216;WHEN THE SUN SETS&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen J. Wanjiru sits down with <strong>Student Academy Award winner Phumi Morare<\/strong> to discuss her historic South African short film <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phumimorare.com\/projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHEN THE SUN SETS<\/a><\/strong>, why it was important to make it and what she learned. The short, inspired by a true story, is about a nurse negotiating her space and trying to protect her family during apartheid. Watch interview below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XGJk8onVDbU?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/XGJk8onVDbU\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Phumi is one of two Black creatives out of 17 students announced as winners of the 48th&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oscars.org%2Fsaa&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpublicity%40oscars.org%7C71a690da685e4314a72408d99429d8f9%7C31aa41fd265a4eba82370c677064a7f5%7C1%7C0%7C637703729733009786%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=oU5wlkgt6O%2BMOVw425sDEXzZ%2BvKtHrB0fIJQb9ZsXJ0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Student Academy Awards<\/a>&nbsp;competition.&nbsp;Her film, \u201cWhen the Sun Sets,\u201d received a <strong>Gold<\/strong> medal in the Narrative (Domestic Film Schools) category. <strong>Congratulations, Phumi!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 270 359'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Headshot_Phumi-Morare-1-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157082\" width=\"270\" height=\"359\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phumimorare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phumi Morare<\/a><\/strong> is a South African writer\/director who is passionate about redeeming the African and feminine identity through cinema. She&#8217;s interested in using the Black female gaze to tell personal, human stories of everyday Africans. She also loves exploring African history, mythology and folktales in her storytelling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phumi&#8217;s short films have played at prestigious international film festivals including Telluride Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, and Pan African Film Festival. Phumi&#8217;s upcoming short film, Why The Cattle Wait, was selected for the 2021 Berlinale Talents Durban program. Phumi completed her MFA in Film Directing at Dodge College at Chapman University. She has a background in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and management consulting at McKinsey &amp; Company in Johannesburg. She currently freelances as a strategist at Statement Films, a company that incubates African women content creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CAST:<\/strong> <strong>Zikhona Bali, Aphiwe Mkefe, Thembekile Mathe, Awonke Mtonjana, Quinne Brown, Lumkile Mkwalo, Morne Van Jaarsveld, Ryan Angilly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Film-Still-1_When-The-Sun-Sets-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157091\"\/><figcaption>When The Sun Sets Film Still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Film-Still-2_When-The-Sun-Sets-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157092\"\/><figcaption>When The Sun Sets Film Still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Film-Still-3_When-The-Sun-Sets-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157093\"\/><figcaption>When The Sun Sets Film Still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Film-Still-4_When-The-Sun-Sets-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157094\"\/><figcaption>When The Sun Sets Film Still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscars.org\/saa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Student Academy Awards<\/a> is an international student film competition, established in 1972, that recognizes and honors student filmmakers who demonstrate excellence in the creation of motion pictures. Each year, college and university film students from all over the world compete for awards and cash grants, with films being judged in the following categories: Animation, Documentary, Narrative and Alternative \/ Experimental. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to win 12 Oscars, and receive 64 Oscar nominations. Past winners include Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Patricia Riggen, Cary Fukunaga, Patricia Cardoso and Spike Lee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2020\/10\/allison-a-waite-on-new-docufilm-the-dope-years-the-story-of-latasha-harlins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allison A. Waite On New Docufilm \u201cThe Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen J. 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