This documentary, set in remote Transkei, uses the passage of time [dawn, noon and dusk] and a footpath that traverses a certain village as a metaphor for Life. Everyone must walk along it. There are interviews with the Sangomas who reflect on the symbolic presence of animals in divination, magic and the ancestors. The poetry…
This film deals sensitively with the challenges faced by the growing Francophone African community in Johannesburg. The reasons they are here are varied: pursuing their studies, seeking asylum from political and religious persecution. In return, they bring new cultures and valuable skills. South Africans have not always responded hospitably, seeing foreigners as competitors for jobs.…
The tale of Sara Baartman should be known to every South African. For it is a story that distils the audacity of European racism and is an accessible and moving account of her life. Sara was a Khoi-Khoi woman, born in the Cape in 1790, who at the age of 20 was taken to London…