21 Up South Africa Mandela's Children
by Angus Gibson
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Actor: Claudia, Frans, Katlego, Thembisile, WillemDirector: Angus Gibson
Brand: First RUN Features
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 70 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
DVD Reviews of 21 Up South Africa Mandela's Children
DVD Review: A Heart Wrenching Film With Many (sad) Surprises.
Summary: 5 Stars
A Heart Wrenching Film With Many (sad) surprises.
I'm a huge fan of Michael Apted's "UP" Series of documentaries - where he follows a dozen or so British children as they age by visiting them every seven years. (You'll find my review of his latest elsewhere on Amazon.com).
I was unaware, until recently, that another Director, Angus Gibson, had started a similar series in South Africa in 1992 (also made for Granada TV), finding 12 children - Black, White and mixed race - who were then seven years old and filming them again at 14, and now 21 years of age. (I'm not sure the earlier films are available on DVD.).
This film is short - at just 70 minutes - and has not bonus materials to speak of. (There is a Trailer for the British 42 Up DVD with an interview with Apted... I only wish they interviewed - or provided commentary by Gibson.)
These are truly "Mandela's Children" because they were first filmed under apartheid and we can see how the country has changed. There are affluent children included but most come from extremely poor single-parent families and nearly all are unemployed. Shockingly, three (yes, one-fourth) of this randomly chosen group have died of AIDS since they were last filmed at 14.
Once you start to watch this film, you will not leave the TV set. It's that griping. You'll also think about these kids (well, they are 21 now, so they are no longer kids) for days afterwards!
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
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