Orania is situated in South Africas barren Nothern Cape province. Allo f the 800 inhabitants are white Afrikaans, also referred to as Boers. They live here on private property which was bought in 1991. People of other cultural or ethnic descent may not live or work here.
The people of Orania refuse to be part of the Rainbow Nation that South Africa is becoming since the end of apartheid. Crime, unemployment and social pressure make the inhabitants feel vulnerable in the rest of the country.
So they stay by themselves, creating a cultural homeland to preserve their heritage.
Some live here for this ideal, then some for opportunity and security others out of pure desperation. Thus Orania is a culturally homogenous place in a historically multicultural country. By carefully observing its protagonists, the film explores the mechanisms behind this social experiment.
A feature-length documentary about cultural identity and the thin line between self-determination and discrimination.
Director- Tobias Lindner
Year- 2012, 94min,
Country- Germany.
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Germany 2012 | Documentary | colour | HD | 94:00 min
Produced by Tobias Lindner and Sascha Supastrapong
in Coproduction with the Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin
Distributed by Kinostar Filmverleih (Germany)
A Film by Tobias Lindner
Edited by Melanie Schütze
Sound mixing: Daniel Bär
Digital Colourists: Marco Nieschka, Florian Dufour-Feronce
Dramaturgy Consultants: Benjamin Bayer, Prof. Dr. Titus Faschina, Gesa Marten
Creative Producer: Annette Niehues
Produced by Tobias Lindner, Sascha Supastrapong
In Coproduction with
Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin
German Distributor
Kinostar Filmverleih GmbH
Awarded as Best feature-length Documentary (Dreamland Film Festival)
Awarded as Best Documentary Feature Film (2. Jozi Film Festival)
Nominated as Best Documentary (20th Raindance Film Festival)
Nominated for Jury Prize (this human world Film Festival)
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Orania ist ein abgelegenes Dorf im unwirtlichen Hinterland Südafrikas, eine "intentional community", deren Einwohner ausschließlich weiß und afrikaans sind - ein kulturell homogener Ort in einem multikulturellen Land. Was verbirgt sich hinter diesem eigentümlichen gesellschaftlichen Experiment? Ein Dokumentarfilm über kulturelle Identität und den schmalen Grat zwischen Selbstbestimmung und Ausgrenzung
Deutschland 2012 | Dokumentarfilm | Farbe | HD | 94:00 min
Produziert von Tobias Lindner und Sascha Supastrapong in Koproduktion mit der Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin
Im Verleih des Kinostar Filmverleihs
Bester abendfüllender Dokumentarfilm (Dreamland Film Festival)
Bester abendfüllender Dokumentarfilm (2. Jozi Film Festival)
Nominiert als Bester Dokumentarfilm (20. Raindance Film Festival)
Nominiert für den Jury-Preis (this human world Film Festival)
Deutscher Kinostart am 13.06.2013