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New Thought Ancient Wisdom - Special Free Screening and Discussion

Presented by La Pena at La Peña

February 7, 2012

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New Thought… Ancient Wisdom

Contemporary Traditional African Healers, represent a body of healing knowledge that spans millennia sparking new interest in holistic approaches to health and wellbeing among western doctors, pharmaceutical companies and researchers worldwide.

New Thought… Ancient Wisdom, looks at the history of African Traditional Medicine, against the backdrop of the disruptive forces of colonialism, apartheid and religious bias through the lens of some of the healers themselves, working in diverse communities across Kwa Zulu Natal.

The programme also highlights the ground breaking collaboration, initiated by the Nelson Mandela Medical School, the Traditional African Healers Association, The eThekweni Health Department and the Kwa Zulu Natal Department of Health, to synergize, share and integrate best practices in both African Traditional Medicine and Bio-Medicine that will one day see the emergence of African Traditional Medicine in the forefront as a fully accredited world class practice and knowledge system. Applying new thought and innovation to the wealth of ancient wisdom available to South Africans makes the possibility of an HIV/AIDS free future achievable.

Director: Maganthrie Pillay Producer: Dingi Ntuli DoP: Kanyiso Mabija Format: DVD PAL/NTSC Duration: 48 min.

Dingi Ntuli & Maganthrie Pillay have made over 40 films, both narrative and documentaries.

They are passionate and outspoken activists in their work as change agents in the transformation of the television/ film sector.

La Peña is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by grants from the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.