Student documentary examines music in post-apartheid South Africa

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Breaking The Wall: The Next Generation of South African Sound is a documentary exploring how the music scene in South Africa reflects the state of the country twenty years after the end of apartheid.

The film highlights young artists of diverse genres and backgrounds that are using music to blur the boundaries that still linger physically and mentally since the apartheid days. From tribal house to vernacular hip-hop, this short documentary by Temple University South Africa study abroad student Eli LaBan tells the story of a country in transition through the music of the new generation of “Born Free” South African artists.

Tune in to TUTV on Friday, March 11 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. to hear from many South African musicians about how they see their country and their future.