{"id":18399,"date":"2025-04-07T08:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/private-footage-review-found-footage-study-of-apartheid-takes-the-split-screen-route\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:37:14","slug":"private-footage-review-found-footage-study-of-apartheid-takes-the-split-screen-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/private-footage-review-found-footage-study-of-apartheid-takes-the-split-screen-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Footage review \u2013 found-footage study of apartheid takes the split-screen route"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director Jana\u00edna Nagata places her own internet research into South African history side by side with the vintage 16mm home movie footage that inspired it<\/p>\n

Jana\u00edna Nagata\u2019s documentary debut resembles a detective investigation. In 2018, the Brazilian film-maker chanced upon an old 16mm reel of what looked like a typical homemade travelogue. Nagata\u2019s film begins with the first 19 minutes of this already edited footage, in which there are glimpses of exotic safari animals, traditional African dance ceremonies and lavish banquets. Under the dissonant notes of an added background score, however, the smiling images turn queasy. Soon, Nagata would discover that this visual relic holds the spectre of apartheid South Africa.<\/p>\n

Her excursion into the past plays out almost in real time. Using a split-screen composition, she places scenes from the old reel side by side with her web browser. Like a gleaner, she looks for visual clues \u2013 a park sign, a portrait on a wall \u2013 which she then feeds into a search engine. In addition to the home movie\u2019s location, the city of Durban, she is also able to identify a couple of faces. Among them is former South African minister Hendrik Verwoerd, infamous as the \u201carchitect of apartheid\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nDirector Jana\u00edna Nagata places her own internet research into South African history side by side with the vintage 16mm home movie footage that inspired it
\nJana\u00edna Nagata\u2019s documentary debut resembles a detective investigation. In 2018, the Brazilian film-maker chanced upon an old 16mm reel of what looked like a typical homemade travelogue. Nagata\u2019s film begins with the first 19 minutes of this already edited footage, in which there are glimpses of exotic safari animals, traditional African dance ceremonies and lavish banquets. Under the dissonant notes of an added background score, however, the smiling images turn queasy. Soon, Nagata would discover that this visual relic holds the spectre of apartheid South Africa.
\nHer excursion into the past plays out almost in real time. Using a split-screen composition, she places scenes from the old reel side by side with her web browser. Like a gleaner, she looks for visual clues \u2013 a park sign, a portrait on a wall \u2013 which she then feeds into a search engine. In addition to the home movie\u2019s location, the city of Durban, she is also able to identify a couple of faces. Among them is former South African minister Hendrik Verwoerd, infamous as the \u201carchitect of apartheid\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Director Jana\u00edna Nagata places her own internet research into South African history side by side with the vintage 16mm home movie footage that inspired it Jana\u00edna Nagata\u2019s documentary debut resembles a detective investigation. In 2018, the Brazilian film-maker chanced upon an old 16mm reel of what looked like a typical homemade travelogue. Nagata\u2019s film begins …<\/p>\n

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