South Africa is about to get talking
'Why Are We So Angry? is a six-part documentary series which explores the underlying issues contributing to what seems to be a collective anger amongst South Africans. This repressed anger, in turn, is now manifesting itself in many different ways in our society.
ON: SABC 1
STARTING: 3 APRIL – 8 MAY (On Tuesdays)
AT: 9PM
'I feel a great sense of sadness when I read most of the comments on any of the [ ] online articles. There is palpable anger coming from people of all races. It's clear that we as South Africans have a long way to go in terms of social cohesion.' Writes a [ ] reader, Kerry Power on 11 May 2010.
How did we get here?
Our post-1994 government has done a lot for South Africans, yet our psyche remains damaged. Our minds have not caught up as quickly and thinking patterns of the past remain.
As such, the economy still ends up in certain hands, race is packaged in a certain way and the poor are spiralling in number. The documentary aims to unpack mindsets, which still make South Africans Angry.
The six episodes are: Race, Social Unrest, Gender Violence, Youth Violence, Xenophobia and Anti-Social behaviours.
A vast array of archive materials have been used including TV footage from the different era’s, radio broadcasts and some never-seen before pictures by renowned photographer Dr.Peter Magubane. The six part series features the powerful, brave and thought filled voices of ordinary South Africans alongside the thought leaders.
Some of the wide range of contributors to this conversation throughout the six episodes include; psychologists Mzikazi Nduna, Prof. Gertie Pretorious, Mthetho Tshemese, Political and Social commentators Liepollo Lebohang Pheko, Nkosinathi Biko, Prof Jonathan Jensen, Eusebius McKaiser, Bishop Paul Verryn, Dr Peter Magubane, Lesley Masibi (Winner of One Day Leader), trade federation COSATU and Taxi Union SANTACO.
Produced by a new voice in South African filmmaking - radio journalist, freelance writer and poet Khanyi Magubane, the series is bound to get South Africans talking to each other about 'our issues..'
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