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Oliver Hermanus reveals how apartheid begot violent racism and homophobia in ‘Moffie’

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Shirley Adams earned positive notice on the international film circuit, while his follow-up, the queer-themed drama Beauty, scored the coveted Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.

His third film, The Endless River, also became the first South African film to compete for top honors at the Venice Film Festival.Now Hermanus returns to two of his most personal themes: queer and South African identity.

His film Moffie (the South African equivalent of “f*ggot”), based on Andre Carl van der Merwe’s memoir, follows the story of Nicholas (Kai Luke Brummer), a young, white South African soldier conscripted for military duty during the 1981 border war between South Africa and Angola.

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