I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured
I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope is a documentary film that explores the legacy of Apartheid from the viewpoint of the Cape Coloured people of South Africa.
Synopsis
In the wake of one of the greatest failed social experiments in the history of mankind, 'I'm not Black, I'm Coloured' is one of the first documentary films to look at the legacy of Apartheid from the viewpoint of the Cape Coloured. A people who in 1994, embraced the concept of Desmond Tutu's all encompassing 'rainbow nation', but soon thereafter realized that freedom, privilege, economic growth and equal representation would not include them. A people who for more than 350 years has been disregarded, ignored, belittled, and stripped of anything they can call their own enduring a complex psychological oppression and identity crisis unparalleled in South African history.
'I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured' explores the rich history of the majority population of Cape Town, the Cape Coloured, and their complex existence in a country still struggling with racial identity. Local elders, community leaders, members of Parliament, pastors, educators, and college students give first hand accounts of their past experiences under Apartheid and discuss their concerns for the future as tensions continue to build. Witness the discovery of their ancestral roots through a ground breaking genetic DNA project in South Africa.
Release
I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured was released in 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA.
Awards
Audience Choice Award: Africa World Documentary FF 2010 – Hamilton, Bermuda
Film Festivals
- Audience Choice Award: Africa World Documentary FF 2010 - Hamilton, Bermuda
- Official Selection: Bermuda Int’l FF 2010 – Hamilton, Bermuda
- Official Selection: Minneapolis/St. Paul Int’l FF 2011 – Minneapolis, MN
- Official Selection: I Will Tell FF 2011 – London, England
- Official Selection: Culture Unplugged FF 2012 – London, England
Reviews
Bermuda Sun Newspaper... an engaging, informative and emotional examination of the legacy of Apartheid in the South Africa from the viewpoint of the Cape Coloured, the majority population, in Cape Town.