Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
behind the rainbowlatest news & developments
Queer activist and filmmaker Bev Ditsie provides compelling reflections in the film (Supplied)
A NEW COUNTRY

Review: ‘A New Country’ portrays the lingering aftertaste of a bittersweet freedom

Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel

  • Kwanele Sosibo
7 min read
Sifiso Khanyile (Supplied)
A NEW COUNTRY

The List: Five films on the transition, selected by Sifiso Khanyile

Sifiso Khanyile, the maker of Uprize! and A New Country, selects five documentaries that influenced his latest film

  • Sifiso Khanyile
2 min read
BEHIND THE RAINBOW

At the rainbow’s end

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal on the political documentary Behind the Rainbow and the disappointing Mr Bones II.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read