Story of a Beautiful Country

20041 h 12 min 14 secFilm: Documentaire

Réalisation: Khalo Matabane

Production: Don Edkins (Day Zero Film and Video)Claude Bonin (National Film Board of Canada)Éric Michel

Scénarisation: Khalo Matabane

A Day Zero Film & Video production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada's International Co-Production Unit and the South African Broadcasting Corporation, with the assistance of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, and financial support from Jan Vrijman Fund, French Foreign Ministry-Production Fund and Sundance Institute.

Story of a Beautiful Country is the journey of Khalo Matabane, a young Black filmmaker in search of his "new country," the promised land - the new South Africa. Matabane, travelling with a hand-held camera throughout nine provinces, films entirely from the seat of a mini-bus taxi.

The taxi also serves as an open forum for ordinary people to talk about their feelings on such controversial issues as land, race, language, globalization, democracy, identity and violence in the new modern South Africa, which broke away from apartheid in 1994. This story follows the format of talk radio and takes on the look of an adventurous road movie.

Many realize that after hundreds of years of racial tensions, peace and tolerance will not come to this country overnight. Still the South African people are proud of their country and are willing to defend it.

Story of a Beautiful Country expresses the hopes and dreams of the youth - the next generation of people trying to find their way and their voice in the new South Africa.

Catégories de sujets


  • Pays en développement > AfriqueÉconomie et IndustrieChangements sociaux
  • Société > Sociétés d'ailleurs

Générique


écriture
Khalo Matabane
réalisateur
Khalo Matabane
producteur
Don Edkins
Claude Bonin
producteur exécutif
Éric Michel
Don Edkins
monteur
Vuyani Sondlo
caméra
Matthys Mocke
son
President Kapa
composition musique
Carlo Mombelli
Markus Wyatt
gérant de production
Theresa Meyer
assistant de production
Sphiwe Khazamula
producteur associé
Khalo Matabane
monteur en ligne
Greg Shaw
conception des titres
Michael Fitzmaurice
mixage son
Stef Albertyn
conseiller à la création
Brian Tilley
directeur documentaire
Pat Van Heerden

Prix et récompenses


  • Prix spécial de reconnaissanceBlack International Cinema I.U.S.B.
  • Mention d'honneur - catégorie: Questions socialesFestival international du film et de la vidéo