Open Rehearsal: The Court Theatre Blog
May 5, 2010
William Kentridge’s MINE (1991)
I don’t want to work on the mines. There is no money there. And it’s dangerous, under the ground. Many black men get killed when the rocks fall. You can die there.
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
One of my favorite artists, William Kentridge, is a South African film-maker who animates his own charcoal and pastel drawings. In Mine, Kentridge portrays the inhuman living conditions of black mine workers. Undesirable and underpaid as it was, mine work was a viable and common option for black South Africans who couldn’t find employment in the cities.
Sizwe Banzi is Dead opens May 13.
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