Necktie Youth
Dir. Sibs Shongwe-La Mer · 2015 · 1:26:30
In Sandton, Africa's richest neighbourhood, privileged post-apartheid youth drift through pools and parties after their friend Emily livestreams her suicide.
- Screening
- Sun 1 Nov 2026 · Doors 15:30
- Where
- Quiet Life Co, 29 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town
- Programme
- Big Picture, Small Screen, Edition 001: South Africa
From the curatorial statement
Selections such as “Propaganda” by Scott Paton-Levin navigate a disjointed, wound-licking image of post-apartheid South Africa, while "Necktie Youth" utilize Shongwe-La Mer's French New Wave-inspired approach to narrative and punky visual style to diagnose South Africa's own New Wave: that of a cultural, ideological and demographic transformation propelled by the first generation to come of age in a new South Africa.
All five shorts and our feature offering of "Necktie Youth" reflect on connection within a nation splintered, alienated, and yet hideously aware of those others we are alienated from.
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