In Otelo Burning we learn about black teenage surfers living in - TopicsExpress



          

In Otelo Burning we learn about black teenage surfers living in South Africa during the final years of apartheid. The feature film is based on true events and is both brutal and beautiful. It’s a coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of a country torn apart by racial tension. The film stars Jafta Mamabolo as 16-year-old Otelo Buthelezi, who tries to escape his life under apartheid through the freedom of surfing, but who finds in the end that he must make life-altering choices about real freedom. It’s important to remember that under apartheid, beaches and pools were segregated, so it was certainly an oddity to see blacks surfing, especially in competition, which is what Buthelezi did. youtu.be/WnPGU0EbpNk
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 01:01:57 +0000

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