JOHANNESBURG: Berea
Dir. Vincent Moloi
South Africa. 2013. 13min. Colour. English.
Long after his friends and family have moved on, Jewish pensioner Aaron Zukerman remains in his inner-city apartment, his world receding while the city envelopes his memories and happiness. His only focus is on weekly meetings with a kindly prostitute. When she is unexpectedly replaced, a chain of events are set in motion that inspire Aaron to revaluate his place in the world. Berea is a gentle, elegiac sonnet to the power of reinvention in the face of rapid urbanization.
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Screening as part of African Metropolis, a selection of shorts about life in four major African cities, executive produced by Steven Markovitz