After years of planning, it all came down to a couple of weeks. The Bioscope has just opened its doors to the public, and the moment was met with a big sigh of relief. A relief that that craziness of the past few weeks was over, and a relief that it has now been done. Many have tried, many have gotten quite far, but none had managed to do it.

Johannesburg now has its own independent art house and cultural cinema. Something every major city should have, but Johannesburg didn’t. Perfectly positioned in downtown Johannesburg, on the ground floor of Main Street Life, another site that Red Team Go is heavily involved in through Main Street Life .TV

As a project now, the space needs to just grow into itself. Both myself (Russell) and The Bioscope co Founder Darryl Els need to just refine our systems and practices so that project can grow steadily. The excitement of Main Street Life, and the every growing Maboneng Precinct were key in making the project happen. Now, it just comes down to the love and excitement we have for independent cinema, and a little bit of that good old fashioned grease you get coming out of your elbow.