Movie Description:
The Jesuit maxim at the heart of the landmark UP Series has now been taken to South Africa, where a group of children, first filmed in 1992 at theage of 7, are now 21. Rich and poor, black, white and "mixed race," these fascinating andrevealing portraits offer unique insights into the social and political upheavals that have occurred throughout South Africa since the crumbling ofapartheid. From township slums to apartheid era mansions to the bushveldt, thechildren of 21 UP South Africa have experienced a multitudeof change-just like the country itself. As with time- lapse photography, we see them at age7 and 14-with their disarming honesty and dreams for the future- and now at 21part of the newSouth Africa. EWe also learn that AIDS has claimed the livesof three of these children.
