Up South Africa
Story
Beginning under apartheid in 1992, the South Africa Up series follows the same group from childhood into adulthood. Returning at seven-year intervals, the films place intimate lives beside the country’s transition to democracy.
Why watch?
Filmed across 21 years
“Superb... Compulsory viewing for politicians... Deserves as wide an audience as possible.”
Rebecca Davis, Daily Maverick
Did you know?
One of the children, Willem Alberts, became a Springbok flanker known as “The Bone Collector”.
Director Angus Gibson was Oscar-nominated for Mandela, earned a Human Rights Film Network Special Mention at Venice for Yizo Yizo, and co-created Shaka iLembe, which set the SAFTA record for the most Drama category wins in a single year in 2024.
