Screening of My Father's Son, 2026, Dir. Elan Gamaker
Studio Theatre Townhouse, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EQ
Wednesday 17th March 2027
In My Father's Son two South African brothers of different ethnicities discover each other, unpeeling a hidden past of separate but shared pain – and a growing fraternal bond.
In 2020, two estranged South African brothers—one Jewish, one Black—meet online for the first time and, through a series of Zoom calls, begin uncovering a shared past shaped by separation, silence, and unexpected brotherhood. My Father’s Son moves between present-day video calls and fragments of memory as the brothers piece together a history held in archive photographs, home videos, cassettes, and family stories. What emerges is a fractured portrait of a father whose absence defined two parallel lives, shaped by apartheid’s racial divides, secrecy, and the complex realities of raising children across boundaries of race, class, and belonging. As they confront inherited narratives, gossip, and half-truths, their search for understanding becomes a reckoning with loss, identity, and the meaning of fatherhood. Across continents and screens, the brothers’ lost years reveal the complexities of connection as they heal from the legacy of a segregated country and a wounded family.
Q&A with Elan Gamaker & Judy Price
This is a Kingston SIME (Sound/Image/Media/Encounters)research group event
In 2020, two estranged South African brothers—one Jewish, one Black—meet online for the first time and, through a series of Zoom calls, begin uncovering a shared past shaped by separation, silence, and unexpected brotherhood. My Father’s Son moves between present-day video calls and fragments of memory as the brothers piece together a history held in archive photographs, home videos, cassettes, and family stories. What emerges is a fractured portrait of a father whose absence defined two parallel lives, shaped by apartheid’s racial divides, secrecy, and the complex realities of raising children across boundaries of race, class, and belonging. As they confront inherited narratives, gossip, and half-truths, their search for understanding becomes a reckoning with loss, identity, and the meaning of fatherhood. Across continents and screens, the brothers’ lost years reveal the complexities of connection as they heal from the legacy of a segregated country and a wounded family.
Q&A with Elan Gamaker & Judy Price
This is a Kingston SIME (Sound/Image/Media/Encounters)research group event
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