Constitutes an important, sensitively filmed attempt to raise awareness about, and humanize a largely demonized community in Cape Town, South Africa. Through a series of interviews with an historian and social workers, the film traces the Bergie community back to their Khoisan roots, outlines colonial dispossession, and exposes the modern-day alcohol dependency deliberately set up by the tot system used on the Cape's wine farms. It also gives the community a chance to tell their story, by zooming in on the daily life of two couples, highlighting their inimitable wit in the face of despair, their weakness, and in the end, the dignity of choice that allows them to survive.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)781297131
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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