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Cape Town - A theatrical-action-documentary that celebrates the life and work of performing artist and activist Pieter-Dirk Uys will be released soon.
The doccie titled Nobody’s Died Laughing was created by kykNET films and Vry Films in association with Lion’s Head Productions and Who Projects.
The film follows a crew as they try to keep up with one of the hardest working artists in South Africa on a journey from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Grahamstown, Stellenbosch to London, Berlin and his home in Darling.
Nobody’s Died Laughing takes a closer look at the man behind all the famous characters, the humanitarian and his educational Aids awareness work for which he has received international acclaim.
"This film captures a man and a lifetime commitment to a country by using satire to affect change," explains filmmaker Willem Oelofsen.
"I started researching Pieter-Dirk Uys in 2014 and spent time with him in his personal archives in Darling. I found it fascinating that after 50 years in the entertainment industry he was still working at the same pace and with the same vigor as when he started.
"In 2015 we simply picked up a camera and started following him around wherever he went. From filming him perform in Berlin to the Cape flats and watching him teach a room full of teenagers about safe sex. I believe audiences will be intrigued to experience more about the man who refuses to be silenced while using the arts as his weapon against discrimination and confronting intolerance."
The film also includes never before seen archive footage, performances and interviews with Desmond Tutu, Charlize Theron, Lizz Meiring, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, FW De Klerk, Janet Suzman, Thoko Ntshinga, David Kramer, Zolani Mahola, Vincent Ebrahim, Professor David Gere, Eric Abraham, Sophia Loren, Jonathan Shapiro and many more, with footage of Tessa Uys and Nelson Mandela.
Watch the trailer here:
