Oliver Hermanus (R): Moffie

ZA 2019, OF in Afrikaans und Englisch, dt. UT, 103 min., € 17.99
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Salzgeber - gay classics
Südafrika 1981, zur Zeit der Apartheid: Wie alle weißen jungen Männer muss auch Nicholas Van der Swart einen zweijährigen Militärdienst leisten, um das Regime vor der Bedrohung durch den Kommunismus und die »Schwarze Gefahr« zu verteidigen. Dass Nicholas schwul ist, darf niemand wissen, denn wer in der Truppe als »Moffie« erkannt ist, wird brutal schikaniert und gequält. Doch dann verliebt ... Weiterlesen

Oliver Hermanus (R): Moffie (Blu-ray)

Südafrika 2019, OF Afrikaans, engl. UT, 104 min., € 34.95
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Curzon
Also available as a Blu-ray: South African drama focusing on a young gay soldier coming to terms with his homosexuality, co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. In 1981, 18-year-old Nicholas Van der Swart is conscripted into the South African Defence Force and sent to fight in their ongoing border war with communist Angola. As he undergoes basic training, led by ... Weiterlesen

Oliver Hermanus (R): Moffie

Südafrika 2019, OF Afrikaans, engl. UT, 104 min., € 29.95
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Curzon
South African drama focusing on a young gay soldier coming to terms with his homosexuality, co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. In 1981, 18-year-old Nicholas Van der Swart is conscripted into the South African Defence Force and sent to fight in their ongoing border war with communist Angola. As he undergoes basic training, led by the callous Sergeant Brand, Nicholas ... Weiterlesen

Goldendean: Plan B, a Gathering of Strangers (or) This is not Working

D 2018, 253 pp. with numerous illustrations, brochure, € 25.70
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Iwalewa
In July 2017 the South African Equality dismissed charges of hate speech against Goldendean's exhibition of a poster using he words »Fuck White People« in the Iziko National Gallery. The Chief Magistrate found that the work's context, as art, brought attention to structural racism and white supremacy, and drew South Africans to a »critical moment of self-reflection«. Dean Hutton presents ... Weiterlesen

Eben Venter: Wolf, Wolf

UK 2015, 272 pp., hardback, € 16.95
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How should a man be? Mattie Duiker is trying very hard to live up to his dying father's wishes. He is putting aside childish things, starting his first business. His Pa is proud. At the same time, Mattie is pulled toward an altogether other version of masculinity, in which oiled and toned bodies cavort for him at the click of ... Weiterlesen

Mark Gevisser: Lost and Found in Johannesburg

A Memoir. UK 2014, 354 pp., illustrated, brochure, € 17.95
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Granta Books
This is a daring exploration of place and the boundaries upon which identities are mapped. As a child growing up in apartheid South Africa, Gevisser becomes obsessed with a street guide called Holmden's Register of Johannesburg, which literally erases entire black townships. Johannesburg, he realizes, is full of divisions between black and white, rich and poor, gay and straight. He ... Weiterlesen

Sonwabiso Ngcowa: In Search of Happiness

South Africa 2014, 152 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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Nana is fifteen when she travels from her village in the Eastern Cape to the city. She is over joyed to be reunited with her family, even if they are living in a tiny shack. But she struggles to fit in at her new school, and she is shocked at the violence shown to chino and Agnes, her Zimbabwean neighbours. ... Weiterlesen

Mark Behr: Kings of the Water

UK 2009, 242 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Abacus
Gay 35-year-old Michiel Steyn is living with his boyfriend Kamil in San Francisco. He has already spent close to half his lifetime abroad. Now he has to return to South Africa to attend his beloved mother's funeral. But neither Michiel nor those he left behind have truly come to terms with his terrible flight from the farm they called Paradise. ... Weiterlesen

Pieter-Dirk Uys: Elections and Erections

A Memoir of Fear and Fun. SA 2002, 232 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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Pieter-Dirk Uys is arguably South Africa's most famous satirist, AIDS activist and cross-dresser. Here, in his memoirs, he writes with his customary combination of wit and wisdom on such diverse topics as his youth, his early days in theatre, and the birth of Evita Bezuidenhout - his alter ego. He deals frankly with sex, politics, HIV/AIDS and the bizarre twists ... Weiterlesen

Pieter-Dirk Uys: The Essential Evita Bezuidenhout

SA 1997, 94 pp., hardbound, € 12.95
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An A to Z of the inimitable Evita's opinions on almost everything. Compiled by Pieter-Dirk Uys.