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Ponte City | Documentaries

A story by Artthrob on the 8th of June 2015. This should take you < 1 minute to read.

On the theme of recent award for their ‘Ponte City’ publication, here are two documentaries on the topic.

First up is the trailer to a highly acclaimed local documentary, ‘Africa Shafted’ by Ingrid Martens, shot entirely inside the Ponte Towers elevators.

Below that is a 10-minute short documentary by Philip Bloom, called simply, ‘Ponte Tower’. Both documentaries are several years old, Ingrid’s was halted when the xenephonbic attacks of 2008 started up.

 

Read more at africashafted.com

 

Tagged: Documentary, film, Ingrid Martens, Philip Bloom, Ponte City

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