Hartbiport, South Africa-
Do you remember your first kiss?
If you have a few years, maybe you stole it in the back of the cinema and the projector spins in the dark.
Or rather, in the past days, the word "bio-mirror" of the South African film.
The fantasy world of Pretville --
African language style movie musical, celebrating the thrill of 1950 American, first love and feet
Tap the classics that evoke innocence and discovery.
It is also an affirmation of the identity of Africans, who, after the 1994 elections and apartheid, spent several years in the kennel, the system of white minority rule imposed by African nationalists in 1948.
Although most actors are white, there are two actors who are not in power. they satirize the current actors --
The discarded ethnic order
Its creators stress that the musical is a happy escapism, not a whitewash of South Africa's tortured history of ethnic relations. As co-
Producer Paul Kruger points out that "pret" means "fun" in Africa ".
The movie is addicted to rock, vintage cars, greasers on sneakers, curly hair and swing costumes, plenty of pastel pink and blue, and a double layer thick strawberry milkshake with extra cream.
"I think we were excluded from our 50-year journey in South Africa," Kruger said . ".
He added lightly: "We are too busy with other things and too much other politics keeps us busy.
"The plot is about a farm boy and a girl pursuing beauty with all sorts of sides --
Sagas and plenty of gorgeous characters: an old singer named Eddie elktrick who lit an old flame, a candy shop owner who served men, a barbercum-
Mayor, a stutter in Horne with a goat and a horn.
Rimmed glasses and pregnancy can trigger intense gossip. The feel-
Good movies draw on Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Xicheng stories.
But it's a whole lotta shakin with African stamps.
For example, the song "is Jy Myne "(Are You Mine)
Loosely based on "My Boy Lollipop" and "Skud, Skop en Hop "(
Shake, Shake)
Echo "big fireball.
Speaking of pairing African cuisine with a vintage atmosphere, composer Machiel Roets said: "It needs something old and brings something new . ". "Voila! A new recipe.
"Africa in the Netherlands
The basic language of the descendants of European settlers, 13 people use it as the first language.
According to the 51 million census, it accounts for 2011 of South Africa's population.
Pretville has a strong fan base and subtitles in English, but it's not a crossover hit.
Promoters of the film said it was part of a greater revival of African music and film over the past few years, a language that was once tarnished by its links to apartheid.
Like a small movie set
The town's main street is Afrikaans, a popular tourist attraction-
In the crowd, Hammerstein radio, Nash Metropolitan car, hanner hair dryer and other props, many people buy them on eBay and ship them from the US.
Anneli Englebrecht, who celebrated her 49 th birthday there, and her husband Pierre walked 700 kilometers (435 miles)
Immerse yourself in the halo of the movie from your home near the Kruger wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.
The set is located near the mountains west of the capital Pretoria.
A sign at the entrance announced the production company: "Hartiwood Studios", a drama in the nearby town of hartibeport and Hollywood.
"We used to go to the movies and kiss behind the movies.
"In the past, this is really the case," said Engelbrecht . ".
She believes that the racial mix in the film is "tongue of joke" because it is unthinkable under the 1950 generation apartheid system.
"The Black and the White will not dance together, I can assure you," said Engel Brecht . ".
"This is new South Africa.
"Actor Terence Bridget, the mayor of campy, who is in the sand around the hair salon, has a complex tradition.
His two assistants, power and Dot, are the "heads" of Pretville ".
Artist Emo Adams has a Malay background and released an album called "tall, dark and Africa", playing the police chief and breaking the fight between Love
The suitors were attacked and they were thrown into prison.
Classic send-
Up, Adams performed the "Elvis Presley pelvis" dance in the olive
1950 green uniforms of South African police.
At that time, security forces imposed more and more laws that provided for white rule and apartheid.
Black people lack political rights, the right to act freely, the right to live where they want to live.
Of course, they can't visit the "bio-mirror" for white people ".
In 1976, the South African government tried to force schools in black villages and towns to teach African students, triggering massive protests and bloody repression, which eventually inspired opposition to white rule.
After apartheid, Africa became one of the 11 official languages in many countriesethnic country. R. W.
Johnson, author of the brave new world of South Africa, wrote that many Africans feel guilty about the past and are unwilling to claim their culture, "like after 1945, many Germans feel uncomfortable with any assertion of German national identity.
The actress of Pretville, Lizelle de Klerk, remembers that she avoided her cultural background and helped produce a drama in college about "how much we hate to be Africans," but now she believes, whether they are about race, Africans can proudly tell their own stories.
Decklek dreams of performing in the West End of London, but also hopes to contribute to South Africa's expression in the coming years.
She is reading a book about the 1990 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which tells the story of a country --
Tell the gate by hearing testimony about apartheidera cruelty.
"South Africa finally has a new story that they can learn from to make the story, because you finally have the story of black people, the story of people of color.
You heard the story of the offender.
"You heard the story of the victim," deklek said '. ".
So it's a whole new dynamic.
But I think we are moving slowly. And it's great.