Watch Pavement Aristocrats - the Bergies of Cape Town
Type: Movie Category: DocumentaryYear: 1998Details
Looks at a group of homeless people, the Bergies, in Cape Town, South Africa. Through a series of interviews, the film traces the Bergie community back to their Khoisan roots, outlines colonial dispossession, and looks at problems with alcohol dependency. It also gives the community a chance to tell their story, by zooming in on the daily life of two couples
- Documentary
- Afrikaans, English
Cast & Crew
- Pieter-Dirk Uys
- François Verster
- Christopher Mould