7 years in the making, Notes from the Underground is finally ready for the World 🌍
This film grew out of long conversations, late nights, archives, kitchens, street corners, studios, memories, and movement. What started as a question turned into a collective journey.
We’re deeply grateful to every person who trusted us with their story and energy. This film belongs to the culture.
Trailer coming soon. Looking forward to connecting with Hip Hop communities around the world.
Big love to all the contributors ❤️
Cape Town - this one is for you…
After many years in the making, Notes from the Underground will screen publicly for the first time at @encountersdoc Festival 2026.
Join us in Cape Town on 6 June 6:00pm at The Labia Theatre for the film’s World Premiere. (Johannesburg, Khayelitsha and other dates below)
Made alongside the artists, DJs, MCs, dancers and communities who shaped Cape Town’s Hip Hop movement, this screening is more than a premiere to us, it is a moment to come together and celebrate the culture, histories and people that made the film possible.
We hope to see you there.
📍 The Labia Theatre
📅 6 June 2026
🎟 Tickets available now (link in bio)
#encountersdocfest CT: Labia 1 Sat 06 June 6.30pm + Q&A,
Bertha Khayelitsha Sun 07 June 2pm + Panel,
Bertha Mowbray Wed 10 June 3pm + Q&A
JHB: Ster-Kinekor Brooklyn Commercial 5 Fri 12 June 6pm,
Bioscope Sun 14 June 4pm
From Cape Town’s underground to the world stage. We are proud to announce Notes from the Underground has been selected to premiere internationally at @sheffdocfest 2026 on 13 June.
Notes from the Underground is live! on the @encountersdoc website - don’t forget to book your tickets early 🎟️ (link in bio)
📍 4–14 June 2026
Cape Town • Johannesburg • Pretoria CT: Labia 1 Sat 06 June 6.30pm + Q&A,
Bertha Khayelitsha Sun 07 June 2pm + Panel,
Bertha Mowbray Wed 10 June 3pm + Q&A
JHB: Ster-Kinekor Brooklyn Commercial 5 Fri 12 June 6pm,
Bioscope Sun 14 June 4pm
🎬 Tickets available now
World Premiere 🎤 Notes from the Underground
Featuring some of Cape Town’s Hip Hop talent, including Ready D, Isaac Mutant, and Mutant’s daughter, Lyrix, this powerful documentary tells the history of Cape Hip Hop, which it uses as both the medium and the message.
🎬 Screenings + Q&As/Panels:
CT — 6, 7 & 10 June
JHB — 12 & 14 June
#EncountersDoc #Encounters2026 #Isaacmutant #ReadyD #lryix
Bumba Meu Boi 🇧🇷
A ritual performance, an illustration of performance as archive.
This moment marks O nascimento do boi (the birth of the ox). What follows is O batismo do boi (the baptism) and A morte do boi (the death).
#BumbaMeuBoi #Brazil #Culture #Folklore
Today, March 21, we honor Human Rights Day in South Africa and commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.
WHAT THE SOIL REMEMBERS is now freely available across South Africa. The film tells a story of injustice in Stellenbosch that remains unresolved and reflects on forced removals that continue to shape lives across the country and beyond.
Watch WHAT THE SOIL REMEMBERS (29 min, 2023, Ammodo Tiger Award – IFFR Rotterdam) free on Cinelogue via the link in bio.
Notes from the Underground is an oral history of Cape Town as told by its Underground Hip Hop movement, passed on through the generations from the 1980s to the present day - Read more about the film in the slides above. More news and announcements on the project coming soon. Stay tuned 🎧🎵
