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Title: | Mzansi: een trip door Zuidafrikaanse subculturen |
Editor: | Dijck, Bart van |
Year: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Antwerpen |
Publisher: | Axe Entertainment |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | popular culture urban youth hip hop dance documentary films (form) videos (form) |
External link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wow2d1kxrDw |
Abstract: | 'Mzansi' means 'South' in Zulu and is the local term for South Africa. 'Mzansi' is not a classic documentary but rather a cinematic wandering across a country that is as beautiful as it is schizophrenic. Along with his fellow explorer Patrik Oosterlynck, Antwerp filmmaker Bart Van Dijck experienced a whole range of emotions, going from euphoria to despair and illusion. Their journey took them from a Sangoma ritual in Alexandra through a variety of 'Gangsters Paradise' neighbourhoods in Johannesburg to end up in the ancient cultural melting pot of Cape Town. They show subcultures such as B-Boys in Yeoville, Kwaito Rappers and Pantsula Dancers in Soweto, Surfers and a Metal Band in East London, Car Tuners and Drag Racers in Durban, Golfers in Nemato Township, Gumboot Dancers in Zamdela, MC Waddy Jones, Xhosa Rap Crew Driemanskaap, DJ and Producer Ready D. A portrait of South Africa, 10 years after the abolition of apartheid. [Abstract reproduced from DVD-video]. |