SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Orania by Tobias Lindner, 2011, 94 min

Orania is situated in South Africa's barren Northern Cape Province. All of the 800 inhabitants are white Afrikaans people, also referred to as Boers. They live here on private property which was bought in 1991. People of other cultural or ethnical descent may not live or work here. Thus, Orania is a culturally homogeneous place in a historically multicultural country. By carefully observing its protagonists, the film explores the mechanisms behind this societal experiment. 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.