South African
The Harvesters
This dark and rather dismal coming of age tale is set South Africa’s central Free State province inhabited by Afrikaners made up of isolated farms where time seems to have stopped still. In fact it really is difficult to work out if this a period piece or not, and it is only the eventual…
Glitterboys and Ganglands
This documentary was shot in 2010 but because the setting is the rather deprived Cape Flats area of Cape Town in South Africa, it has a very distinctly old fashioned feel to it. The area is populated by ‘Coloureds‘ a multi-racial ethnic group, and time has definitely stood still for the local populace, especially…
The Wound
Understanding the rites of passage for other cultures other than one’s own is often tough, but this new movie, the debut feature from white South African filmmaker John Trengove, focuses on an African tribal ritual that seems positively unbearable, and nigh on impossible to understand. Shot in a remote part of his country, it is the story…
LUCKY
Lucky is a shrewd 10 year old boy who quickly realises that even when you are cute and doe-eyed as his is, that trying to charm immovable adults to get your own way is a complete waste of time. As is having a temper tantrum. Living with his grandmother in a poor Zulu village in…
