CANARY (KANARIE)

Saturday October 27th 2018, 9:30 pm

Savor Cinema
503 SE 6th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Film Details

Runtime: 123 Minutes

Language: Afrikaans with English Subtitles

Director: Christiaan Olwagen

Genre: Drama, Gay, Political

FLORIDA PREMIERE

Canary is a charming musical drama chronicling one teen’s struggle to find his voice in 1985 South Africa against a backdrop of apartheid, religion, and war drafted, Johan joins the Canaries (the South African Defense Force Church Choir). He believes it will keep him out of fighting a war he is against, but he soon begins to see the role he plays in the oppression and injustice around him. The Canaries teach him that through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, his true self can be discovered.

Highlights

Jury Winner

Jury Winner -

Best Narrative - Runner-Up

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