Film
Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris
1989 · 8m · Animation
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Overview
William Kentridge’s ironic tribute to his hometown, animated on the basis of 25 drawings, is the first film of his “Drawing for Protection” cycle, in which he unfolds the triangle between Johannesburg building tycoon Soho Eckstein, his wife, and the dreamer Felix Teitelbaum. In this film he introduces the central characters of his meta-narrative which, located in a South Africa of the last days of a crumbling Apartheid, becomes an allegorical reflection on socio-political power relations.
Crew
- William KentridgeDirector
- Angus GibsonEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1989
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 8m
- Genres
- Animation
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