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Surfing Soweto

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Directed by
  
Sara Blecher

Screenplay by
  
Justine Loots

Cinematography
  
Dudley Saunders

Produced by
  
Sara Blecher

Music by
  
Phillip Miller

Edited by
  
Karyn Bosch

Surfing Soweto is a 2010 documentary film directed by Sara Blecher.

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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", ducking as they hurtle past lethal electrical cables, and also in the intimacy of their homes and families.

Awards

  • Tri-Continental 2010
  • References

    Surfing Soweto Wikipedia


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