
First-Time Viewing
21 Up South Africa: Mandela's Children
Release Date:July 22, 2008
Running Time:70 min
Genres:Documentary
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Synopsis
Documentaries that revisit a group of children every seven years is brought to post-apartheid South Africa. Here, filmmaker Angus Gibson interviews 11 young people of various races and backgrounds as they turn 21. The result is an insightful look at how they've changed and the issues they face such as crime, race relations, education and the AIDS epidemic which has killed three of the original 14 children.
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