Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (80 min.).
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011949
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
Series Statement:
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Keywords:
Poor
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Slums
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Cape Town (South Africa) Social conditions.
;
France
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Documentary films.
Abstract:
In hardly any other city of the world can poverty and wealth be found as close together. When the Mountain Meets Its Shadow tells the stories of Ashraf, Mne, Zoliswa and Arnold, who, each in their own way, fight for survival in the informal settlements around Cape Town. While Ashraf and his friend Mne from the Anti-Eviction Campaign fight against evictions, water and electricity cut-offs in the townships, Zoliswa and Arnold put their trust in their ability to work. Zoliswa, a single mother, is looking for a new position as a cleaner and Arnold trains as an armed guard to work in the booming security industry. When the city council wants to clear an entire informal settlement, Ashraf and his friend Mne are confronted with their own, undigested experiences from the apartheid years.
Note:
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
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Recorded in 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Previously released as DVD.
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This edition in English.
URL:
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;2067464
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