Synopsis

This movie deals with a reconstruction of the history of South Africa’s first opera company, the Eoan Group, and an exercise in assembling the ‘truth’ of history in order to show what it felt like to be classified as a “coloured” during the apartheid regime. Interviews with former members of Eoan, photos, sound recordings, archive footage of opera performances and street scenes featuring the residents of District 6 in Cape Town give an impression of the world in which these people live. The film focuses on giving attention to questions that were not asked and answers that were not officially given - the painful truth behind the images and faces is gradually revealed.

Director

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  • Arian Kagnoff
  • His first feature film, "Brothers Do It," made while studying at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, won the Golden Calf at the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1999, he returned to his native South Africa to meet his biological father for the first time, and after his father’s passing, he changed his surname to Kagnoff. His film "West 4.33," made after his name change, won the Best Film Award at the Milan Africa Film Festival.