Pavement Aristocrats - The Bergies of Cape Town

Release Date: 1998-01-01

Runtime: 58

Languages: Afrikaans | English

Rating: N/A

Votes: 0

Genres: Documentary

Director: François Verster

Description: Looks at a group of homeless people, the Bergies, in Cape Town, South Africa. Through a series of interviews, the film traces the Bergie community back to their Khoisan roots, outlines colonial dispos...Looks at a group of homeless people, the Bergies, in Cape Town, South Africa. Through a series of interviews, the film traces the Bergie community back to their Khoisan roots, outlines colonial dispossession, and looks at problems with alcohol dependency. It also gives the community a chance to tell their story, by zooming in on the daily life of two couplesRead More

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