Pavement Aristocrats - The Bergies of Cape Town

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 58 min
  • Premiere: 1998. January 1.

Looks at a group of homeless people, the Bergies, in Cape Town, South Africa. Through a series of interviews, the film traces the Bergie community back to their Khoisan roots, outlines colonial dispossession, and looks at problems with alcohol dependency. It also gives the community a chance to tell their story, by zooming in on the daily life of two couples

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Camera

Simon Bedford

Camera Operator

Brian Wengrofsky

Assistant Camera

Crew

Peter Palmer

Cinematography

Directing

Editing

Production

Caroline Furness

Associate Producer

Christopher Mould

Executive Producer

Ralph Borland

Researcher

Meg Rickards

Researcher

Kerri Williams

Researcher

Sound

David Ash

Music

Carl Gardiner

Sound Mixer

Camera

Simon Bedford

Camera Operator

Brian Wengrofsky

Assistant Camera

Crew

Peter Palmer

Cinematography

Directing

Editing

Production

Caroline Furness

Associate Producer

Christopher Mould

Executive Producer

Ralph Borland

Researcher

Meg Rickards

Researcher

Kerri Williams

Researcher

Sound

David Ash

Music

Carl Gardiner

Sound Mixer