Re-telling freedom in Otelo Burning : the beach, surf noir , and Bildung at the Lamontville pool.

The feature filmOtelo Burning(2011) tells the story of black youth ‘tasting freedom’ by surfing waves in late apartheid South Africa and reflects on the emergence of a new national order by drawing Nelson Mandela's release from prison into its plot. This article situates the film in a genealogy of b...

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Published in:	Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 307 - 324
Main Author:	Samuelson, Meg
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2014
Subjects:	Otelo Burning (Film) Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 Gosani, Bob Black youth National liberation movements Neoliberalism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost