The story of four affluent South African women who are “making it” in post-apartheid Johannesburg, Society is actually a miniseries that has been re-cut into a feature film, and is currently playing at film festivals in the U.S.
Ten years out of high school and less than two decades after the end of apartheid, four twenty-something women are chasing the new African dream. Though it’s positioned as an “African Sex in the City," the film cuts a fair bit deeper than HBO’s beloved series. Its roots in TV are apparent — much more time is devoted to exploring the complex relationships among its characters, and the drama develops over a slow burn.
Inno (Lele Ledwaba) is a climatologist who features prominently on TV. She’s a minor celebrity who obsesses over fashion and her various boyfriends. Beth (Sibulele Gcilitshana) is a schoolteacher; in fact, she’s the only...
Ten years out of high school and less than two decades after the end of apartheid, four twenty-something women are chasing the new African dream. Though it’s positioned as an “African Sex in the City," the film cuts a fair bit deeper than HBO’s beloved series. Its roots in TV are apparent — much more time is devoted to exploring the complex relationships among its characters, and the drama develops over a slow burn.
Inno (Lele Ledwaba) is a climatologist who features prominently on TV. She’s a minor celebrity who obsesses over fashion and her various boyfriends. Beth (Sibulele Gcilitshana) is a schoolteacher; in fact, she’s the only...
- 7/21/2009
- by danieller
- AfterEllen.com
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