Voices From Sa

Goapie Kabe grew up in Soweto, Johannesburg. A school outing to a live recording of a TV show planted a seed that eventually led her to changing  plans and studying film instead of engineering. Over the last ten years she has developed into one of South Africa's leading cinematographers. We had a great chat about the art of film-making, the role of the cinematographer in interpreting a director's vision, the importance of pre-production, her love of shooting hand-held, and always having a plan, or three when on set. We also spoke about light and framing, cameras and lenses. She loves technology and so we also spoke about the evolution of camera and lens technology. And we spoke about her role as an  inspiration to young black women wanting to break into the film industry.