
What the Soil Remembers
In 1960s South Africa, a close-knit community from Die Vlakte was forcibly and violently uprooted to make way for the Stellenbosch University as part of the Apartheid regime’s segregation measures. José Cardoso’s What the Soil Remembers recounts the traumatic effect displacement had on residents by bringing to the foreground a university that is still grappling with its racist legacy. To this day, the Die Vlakte community is fighting for justice and seeking reparations with little to no tangible solutions.
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- Afrikaans
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Ecuador, South Africa
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BelgiumBE
- PremiereLeuven African Film Festival23 Apr 2023
BulgariaBG
- PremiereOKO International Etnographic Film Festival: Bulgarian Edition11 Nov 2024
NetherlandsNL
- PremiereInternational Film Festival Rotterdam27 Jan 2023
UkraineUA
- PremiereOKO International Etnographic Film Festival: Ukrainian Edition14 Sept 2024
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What the Soil Remembers was released on 27 January 2023.
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