Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Movie Seen - Goodbye Bafana


The story of James Gregory, one of Nelson Mandela's prison guards. A controversial movie that might be more fiction than fact.


The movie itself is just about average. It's a bit robotic in nature, with each new sequence of scenes covering one episode of the guard's life, without many connectors in between.


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4 comments:

yehhailife said...

Hi, If you like African movies or movies about Africa, can highly recommend "Tsotsi" and "The Power of One" with Morgan Freeman.

-Nadja
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Daniel said...

Hi Nadja,

Saw Tsotsi quite recently actually. Will look out for 'The Power of One', thanks.

How's your film on the agrarian crisis coming along?

CK said...

I agree about the movie, the narrative is quite fragmented. If anyone's a big Africa fan, I must recommend Wilbur Smith's books. I'm not sure but I think a few have been made into movies but don't bother with them. Just catch the books. Wilbur Smith depicts Africa in ways never before seen. I read all his books as a kid and loved them.

Daniel D'Mello said...

Oh yeah, I used to read Wilbur Smith when I was younger too. A lot of history in his books, and his Egyptian series taught me a lot.

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