THE WOODEN CAMERA
synopsis
Kayelitsha, a township close to Capetown, after the end of Apartheid. Two thirteen-year-old kids- Madiba and Sipho- play along the railway line. A train passes by. A dead man is tossed from the train and rolls to their feet. His lifeless hand clutches an attache case. Inside, the boys find a gun and a video camera. Sipho takes the gun and Madiba the camera. Their destinies are sealed.
international title: | THE WOODEN CAMERA |
original title: | THE WOODEN CAMERA |
country: | United Kingdom, France, South Africa |
sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ntshavheni Wa Luruli |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Peter Speyer, Yves Buclet |
cast: | Andre Jacobs, Bo Peterson, Dana de Agrella |
cinematography by: | Gordon Spooner |
film editing: | Kako Kelber |
producer: | Olivier Delahaye |
production: | Tall Stories, Odelion, RG and Associates (ZA) |