Phone charge is one of the most valuable currencies in The Jungle as people are desperate to communicate with families back home. However, electricity is in short supply and this film reveals the measures taken to charge phones. This activity forms an integral part of daily routine within the camp.
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This film was made by Saleh who is originally from Raqqa in Syria and 19 years-old. This film follows a man as he makes a cup of tea. Saleh conveys how time-consuming and difficult such a simple process is in The Jungle.
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Abu Walid is originally from Syria. Whenever he came to class Abu Walid would bring something for us. One day it was a carton of chocolate milk, another day, a Snickers bar. By the end of the week he’d begun serenading Emma, the project manager, with the theme tune from Titanic. This is his voice […]
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This film was part of a twelve-part series entitled, Uyafun’undazi?’ or ‘Do You Want To Know Me?’ The series was created during a programme run in 2012 in Cape Town and funded by The Cape Film Commission. The young filmmakers chose to take a common statistic relating to the townships and profile an individual living […]
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