The Boers at the End of the World
In a remote stretch of Patagonia, Argentina, there is a family - the Dickasons - who speak a language from a country 7,000km to the east. They are part of a 114-year-old Afrikaans Boer community - South Africans of Dutch descent who sailed across the ocean to South America after the destruction of a war with the British. Today, less than 50 still speak the language and they struggle to keep their culture alive. Patriarch "Ty" Dickason, 82, is a cowboy who has never flown in a plane - and yet he yearns to one day visit the country of his blood before he and his compatriots pass away. This multiple SAFTA award-winning documentary is a portrait of the last days of the community - a parallel world where Afrikaans was never linked to Apartheid - and one family's journey to reconnect with South Africa.
Year: 2015
Genre: Documentary
Studio: A GOOD Work
Director: Richard Finn Gregory
Cast:
Crew: Kelly Scott (Producer), Richard Finn Gregory (Director), Richard Finn Gregory (Director of Photography), Ronelle Loots (Editor), Richard Finn Gregory (Editor), Louis Nel (Original Music Composer)
Runtime: 85 minutes
Release: Aug 05, 2015
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: South Africa
Language: Afrikaans, English, Español
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : south africa, afrikaans
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