Very Fast Guys | Encounters Mega Archive/Library
Short
African

2002

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A mesmerising chronicle of the desperate and dangerous life of car hijacker Tebeza and his gang. Hanging out at their headquarters at a settlement near Johannesburg, they drink beer and get high before cruising the city for their next victim. Without trying to condemn or glorify their life of crime, the film offers a startling glimpse of the human face of car hijackers—their motivations or justifications, deadly squabbles, fears, hopes and regrets. The gangsters talk openly about buying guns, bribing cops and plotting crimes, resigned to the imminent prospect of arrest or death. Shot over the course of one year, the film also serves as a valuable record of a social milieu that holds few prospects beyond dicing with death for a fast buck.

Courtesy of Clear Media / SABC.