I watched the first couple of episodes of this series yesterday and wondered why I hadn’t heard of this brilliant artist before. This movie is an absolute delight. Highest recommendation!
I watched it on Mubi, which I subscribe to. And if you check out Mubi, have a look at this beautiful French-Korean film: Winter in Sokcho.
I had never heard of this chap either. Thanks very much for the tip.
On one of the profiles I found it says,
Kentridge’s work is inseparable from South Africa’s history, especially apartheid and its aftermath.
He’s not making propaganda or neat moral lessons. He’s interested in:
* Complicity
* Guilt
* Bureaucratic violence
* How ordinary people participate in brutal systems without ever seeing themselves as villains
His recurring characters (notably Soho Eckstein, a capitalist industrialist, and Felix Teitlebaum, a more vulnerable alter ego) are essentially internal arguments made visible.