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BEAUTIFUL IN BEAUFORT-WES (2006) (53:47) Restricted
Identification
Identifier
DAM001
Title
BEAUTIFUL IN BEAUFORT-WES (2006) (53:47)
Scope and content
Beaufort West lies in the Great Karoo and most people regard it merely as the town you pass through on your way from Cape Town to Johannesburg. However, people do live there and one of them is the poet and singer Gert Vlok Nel (b. 1963). This documentary, shot in 2005, was made by a Dutch filmmaker and deals with Nel and a few of the kind of the people who feature so prominently in his work. Nel himself only speaks through his poems and ballads, but his father Albert, with whom he lives, is a little more communicative. Other individuals also comment – mostly on their own lives – and through them the film provides a perspective on what it is like to live there. None of those interviewed are prominent people, but it is their ordinariness and the evocative cinematography that convey a basic sadness that echoes the writer’s work. At the Netherlands Film Festival in 2006 the film was nominated for two Golden Calf awards, including the one for Best Short Documentary.
Asset Classification
Asset type
Documentary
Genre
Documentery
Color type
Color
Production
Production company
VPRO
Distributor
Distributor / Broadcaster
Production credits
- Producer: Johan Pieterse
- Director: Gary Banfield
Broadcast date
2006
Series title
Series title
Season number
2
Episode number
2
Awards
At the Netherlands Film Festival in 2006 the film was nominated for two Golden Calf awards, including the one for Best Short Documentary.
Audio language(s)
Afrikaans
Subtitle language(s)
en
Creator / Contact
Creator
Creator / Photographer
Job title
Job Title
Phone
0823371406
Website
City
Pretoria
Address
490 Barry Hertzog Street
Content
Headline
Constantia Park
Running time
123 min
Caption
Caption / Description Optional
Keywords
Keywords,IPTC,Intellectual
IPTC Subject Code
IPTC Subject Code
Intellectual genre
Intellectual Genre
Persons shown
Persons Shown
Date created
2003-02-02
Location
City
Pretoria
State / Province
Gauteng
Sublocation
Sublocation
Country
South Africa
Country code
Sou
Production country
South Africa
Production country code
ZA
Rights
Credit line
Credit Line
Source
Source
Copyright notice
Copyright Notice
Rights usage terms
Rights usage terms Optional
License type
CC BY-SA
License URL
License expiry
2026-05-06
Model release status
Unlimited Model Release
Model release ID
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Property release status
Not Applicable
Property release ID
Property Release ID
Artwork / Object
Artwork title
Artwork Title
Artwork creator
Artwork Creator
Artwork date
2006
Artwork source
Artwork Source
Artwork copyright
Artwork Copyright
Technical / Administrative
Title (IPTC Object Name)
DAM test
Job / Assignment ID
Job / Assignment ID
Special instructions
Special instructions Optional
Administration area
Created
2026-01-14 10:02
Updated
2026-05-05 15:09