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I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope

I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope (2009)

February. 09,2009
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7.8
| History Documentary

In the wake of one of the worst 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 equality 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.

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NekoHomey
2009/02/09

Purely Joyful Movie!

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Bergorks
2009/02/10

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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Gary
2009/02/11

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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Staci Frederick
2009/02/12

Blistering performances.

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