Aimed at Black people, this film is an indication of the way its authors saw the intended audience. lies in the patronising metaphors used. The film is pregnant with fear of the arrival of Blacks in urban areas. The fantasy which informs the film soon reveals itself overtly: ‘Sometimes it may not even be necessary for you to leave your own area because work may be available to you on your own doorstep.’

As a document in which the Apartheid government presents its influx control policy, this film from the State archives is a stark reminder of the official ideology of the recent past. These films are too concrete to make for easy forgetting, and perhaps this is their only virtue.