21 up South Africa, Mandela's children

From township slums to apartheid-era mansions to the bushveldt, the 14 children who started the series have experienced a multitude of changes, just like the country itself. As with time-lapse photography, we see them at ages 7, 14, and now 21.

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"From township slums to apartheid-era mansions to the bushveldt, the 14 children who started the series have experienced a multitude of changes, just like the country itself. As with time-lapse photography, we see them at ages 7, 14, and now 21."@en
"In South Africa a group of children, first filmed in 1992 at the age of 7, are now 21. Rich and poor, black, white and mixed race, these fascinating and revealing portraits offer unique insights into the social and political upheavals that have occurred throughout South Africa since the crumbling of apartheid. From township slums to apartheid-era mansions to the bushveldt, these children, now young adults, have experienced a multitude of change. See them age from 7 to 21 and learn that AIDS has claimed the lives of three of these children."@en
""Offers insights into the social and political changes occurring throughout South Africa since the fall of Apartheid. First filmed as fourteen 7-year-olds in 1992, these youngsters are ordinary South Africans growing up at a time of enormous social change. We see them now at age 21 making their way in the new South Africa, as well as flashbacks from their interviews when they were 7 and 14. We see when they started in township slums, old school mansions and white suburbs, their world divided along racial lines as the policy of Apartheid began to crumble. While the fall of Apartheid presented them with new opportunities, it also confronted them with new challenges. (From the US, in English) " -- website."@en
""Offers insights into the social and political changes occurring throughout South Africa since the fall of Apartheid. First filmed as fourteen 7-year-olds in 1992, these youngsters are ordinary South Africans growing up at a time of enormous social change. We see them now at age 21 making their way in the new South Africa, as well as flashbacks from their interviews when they were 7 and 14. We see when they started in township slums, old school mansions and white suburbs, their world divided along racial lines as the policy of Apartheid began to crumble. While the fall of Apartheid presented them with new opportunities, it also confronted them with new challenges. (From the US, in English) " -- website."
""Featuring scenes shot in 1992, 1999 and 2006, this documentary follows the lives of South African children - rich and poor, black, white and 'mixed race' - from all over the country, from the townships to the bushveldt. In this process, [the film] offers unique insights into the social and political changes occurring throughout the country since the fall of Apartheid"--Container."@en
""Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." The Jesuit maxim behind the landmark UP Series has now been taken to South Africa, where a group of children, first filmed in 1992 at the age of 7, are now 21. Rich and poor, black, white and "mixed race, " the fascinating and revealing portraits featured in 21 Up South Africa offer unique insights into the social and political upheavals that have occurred throughout South Africa since the crumbling of Apartheid. From township slums to apartheid-era mansions to the bushveldt, the 14 children who started the Series have experienced a multitude of changes, just like the country itself. As with time-lapse photography, we see them at age 7 and 14 - capturing their disarming honesty, dreams, aspirations for the future - and now at 21, figuring out their place in the world, part of the new South Africa - "Mandela's Children." In successive interviews we witness their changing attitudes and experiences about issues ranging from race relations and education, to crime and unemployment, to marriage and the AIDS crisis - which has already claimed the lives of three of these children."@en