Take a country in the social, political, racial and economic transformation.
Randomly select about 20 children of seven years.
Follow their lives every seven years - where they are, what they are doing etc etc.
That’s exactly what a brilliant director did just before South Africa held its first democratic elections.
The kids featured were seven years old then and they were interviewed on thier dreams, daily experiences etc etc.
Seven years later, they were reinterviewed again, when they were 14. Then at 21. Then at 28.
Some prospered. Some - like the Zulu princess - died of HIV.
One went from being a shy little thing to the most dryfriable woman I’ve seen recently on telly.
The kids will be followed until they die, of course by different directors/producers, producing one of the most comprehensive chronicles of ordinary life.
There is that white girl at 7 years who said Mandela should not be set free because he is a thug and the white boy saying black people smell. Didn’t watch the follow up.
@Guru, the guy up here has jogged my mind. The episodes are titled according to the years the interviews were done: 7UP; 14UP; 21UP and 28UP. Each takes about two hours.
@kalel, yeah, but I don’t know why the Kazulu princess hurt me the most. I liked her when at 7 she was asked: “What language do you think the whole world should speak?” and she answered without hesitating “zeZuulu!”.
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