Meanwhile in Mamelodi

Meanwhile in Mamelodi (2011)

Released: 2011-10-18 Duration: 1hr 15min
Genres: Documentary
Rating 5.1
The World Cup in a Pretoria township and the life of an ordinary family: the struggle for survival, teenager problems, business, stress at school and – vuvuzelas.

Overview

Set against the raucous backdrop of the 2010 World Cup, MEANWHILE IN MAMELODI is a beautifully crafted portrait of a place and one family’s daily life inside it. The Mtsweni family lives in the Pretoria Township of the title, in the district known as Extension 11. Their world is a ramshackle collection of corrugated tin dwellings and makeshift shops, open sewers littered with debris and red-earth rectangles filled with soccer-playing children and teens. Seventeen-year-old Mosquito is one of those kids. As she studies for math tests, flirts with boys and shops with her best friend, her father Steven prepares his "tuck shop" for the promise of cash-flush tourists. Meanwhile, his wife struggles with mental illness. The Mtswenis' lives unfold as the Cup brings new hope to the ravaged town. Despite the poverty around her, Mosquito insists this is not her parents' country. She is the face of South Africa's future - part of "a new generation free to do all things."

Production Companies

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 0.3951

Directed By

Benjamin Kahlmeyer

Crew

Producer
Boris Frank
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Kaczmarek
Director of Photography
Stefan Neuberger
Original Music Composer
Jan Miserre
Original Music Composer
John Gürtler
Sound Mixer
Jonathan Schorr

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