Apuntes y otras cosas

1.        Who was your favorite character from the film? Why? My favorite character was Steve Biko. I loved how he expressed himself, his eloquent yet illuminating attitude: how he answered questions with more questions. He was funny and charismatic, and had a really convincing speech. He knew how to provoke, but he also knew how to take the best out of people, like Donald Woods.   2.       What was your favorite scene from the film? Why? I loved the scene of the trial, when Biko was at court. It was funny how he outsmarted the lawyer that was interrogating him and even the judge was baffled. The aforementioned even agreed with him when they discussed why black people called themselves black, and white people called themselves white. I think it was the best scene to illustrate how ridiculous was the segregation made by the apartheid and how stupid was the fear of the so called “reverse-racism” . 3.   ...

In general, what did you like and dislike about the film? From the three movies, I liked the realness of this one. How they showed the point of view of ordinary people passing through a living hell; the crudeness of it all. The tortures. There was also a better contextualization of the physical space: we could see industries and the working class, how black people lived their daily life, not only the revolution. I also liked how it showed the other side of the coin: the life of the white people. Maybe, the characters aging was a bit off. Even though the movie covered many years, the protagonist almost didn’t age at all. It was short, too. Who was the character you like the most and the character you liked the least in the film? Why? Though I didn’t really like Patrick Chamusso as a character, I did like a lot the performance of the actor. He portrayed the change of Chamusso (from being passive to revolutionary), really good. He was a very complete character, and had a huge ...