Surfing Soweto
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| Directed by | Sara Blecher |
| Produced by | Sara Blecher |
| Screenplay by | Justine Loots |
| Music by | Phillip Miller |
| Cinematography | Dudley Saunders |
| Edited by | Karyn Bosch |
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Running time
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85 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
Surfing Soweto is a 2010 documentary film directed by Sara Blecher.
Contents
Synopsis
Surfing Soweto is the story of a forgotten generation: Bitch Nigga, Lefa and Mzembe are three of the most notorious train surfers in Soweto. They represent a generation of alienated youth, born during the glowing promise after the demise of apartheid and yet without the skills or wherewithal to reap the benefits of their newly-won freedoms. Surfing Soweto shows them riding on the top of trains (train surfing) which in South Africa is known as "ukudlala istaff",[1] ducking as they hurtle past lethal electrical cables, and also in the intimacy of their homes and families.[2][3]
Awards
- Tri-Continental 2010
References
- Notes
- ↑ http://www.mrcapetown.co.za/sport/train-surfers/
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- Sources
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Surfing Soweto at IMDb
- Surfing Soweto, National Film & Video Foundation webpage
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