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Pavement Aristocrats - The Bergies of Cape Town

Pavement Aristocrats - The Bergies of Cape Town (1998)

1998-01-01 · 58 min · Rating 0.00/10

Looks at a group of homeless people, the Bergies, in Cape Town, South Africa. Through a series of interviews, the film traces the Bergie community back to their Khoisan roots, outlines colonial dispossession, and looks at problems with alcohol dependency. It also gives the community a chance to tell their story, by zooming in on the daily life of two couples