Saturdays are for the dead
Director Lies Niezen & Lee-Ann Cotton
Countries Netherlands
Duration 50 min
Synopsis
Avalon, Soweto's largest cemetery, is nearly full. There are more than 100 undertakers in Soweto, we mee two: Elizabeth, who runs only about 4 funerals a week, and Bafana, who is responsible for 80 each Saturday, the day when most burials take place. Peaches and Minky are teenagers growing up in Soweto. It is almost inevitable that their generation will soon fill the last holes at Avalon.
Avalon, Soweto's largest cemetery, is nearly full. There are more than 100 undertakers in Soweto, we mee two: Elizabeth, who runs only about 4 funerals a week, and Bafana, who is responsible for 80 each Saturday, the day when most burials take place. Peaches and Minky are teenagers growing up in Soweto. It is almost inevitable that their generation will soon fill the last holes at Avalon.