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| Afrikaaps | |
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| Directed by | Dylan Valley |
| Screenplay by | Dylan Valley Khalid Shamis |
| Produced by | Plexus Films |
| Cinematography | Dylan Valley |
| Edited by | Khalid Shamis |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
Afrikaaps is a South African 2010 documentary film.
This documentary focuses on a theatre piece entitled Afrikaaps within a film. It is based on the creative processes and performances of the stage production. Using hip-hop the film and the stage play attempt to reclaim Afrikaans – so long considered a language of the oppressor – as a language of liberation. Present from the beginning of the project, Dylan Valley captures revealing moments of the cast's and production crew's personal narratives that transcend what happens on stage.
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