Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Angus Gibson
Directing	Director	William Kentridge
Department	Role	Name

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