Sophiatown (2003)
- Directed by
- Pascale Lamche
- Country
- South Africa
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of aging artists return to the Johannesburg neighborhood where they grew up. They remember the music and street life of the 1950s, when different races mixed despite apartheid, and they perform two concerts that revive that spirit.
nostalgicbittersweetlivelyearthyreflectiveresilientrhythmicgritty
What happens
Sophiatown is a 2003 documentary film. Sophiatown in the 1950s was a suburb of Johannesburg South Africa where all races mixed in defiance of apartheid. Sophiatown was famous for jazz and black gangsters heavily influenced by American film who spoke a slang called Tsotsitaal. This era is revisited by some of the artists who lived there and they call back the past in two concerts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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