Die Ander Rebellie

The hourlong documentary entitled Die Ander Rebellie delves into aspects of the recent labour unrest mostly hidden from view in daily media reports Filmed on location in places like Hangberg Smartietown Cloetesville Heuwelkroon Boesmanskloof Rondebosch Common and De Doorns it features interviews with socalled activists and scenes of protest The footage was shot right at the beginning of the trouble before the largescale closing down of the N2 and provides a thrilling if spinechilling picture of how the protest started as well as the political and cultural motivations behind it A large segment of the film focuses on the struggle music of the growingly coherent group of people who have now started to call themselves Khoisan activists which is nothing less than a form of brown nationalism