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Thursday, June 5, 2003 - 03:00
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113 [3]
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Filmmakers are no doubt visionaries … artists who observe the reality and reproduce it – larger than life on the silver screen. Karyl-Lyn Sanderson, a baby-faced 22-year-old, and a recent NYU film school graduate, is no exception. Her latest project "Elusive Fortune" a documentary about the influence of western culture on young South Africans is at once intriguing and disturbing. In the film Karyl-Lyn interviews young Black South Africans, asking them to define themselves. Some responses ...read more [4]

Filmmakers are no doubt visionaries … artists who observe the reality and reproduce it – larger than life on the silver screen. Karyl-Lyn Sanderson, a baby-faced 22-year-old, and a recent NYU film school graduate, is no exception. Her latest project "Elusive Fortune" a documentary about the influence of western culture on young South Africans is at once intriguing and disturbing. In the film Karyl-Lyn interviews young Black South Africans, asking them to define themselves. Some responses are shocking. Karyl-Lyn documents the loss of traditional cultures in South Africa and the overpowering influence of the West.

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