After years of deep research, UK film maker Anthony Fabian convinced SA's new dawn will break soon
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I first met Anthony Fabian just over a year ago in London. Our interview was conducted at one of the darkest points in recent South African history, and seemed out of place with its focus on an ambitious project that he felt would provide some balance to the global perspective of the country, offsetting well documented troubles of a nation under the jackboot of a corrupt Zuma Administration.
Fabian had spent months meeting with and filming a generation of inspiring South Africans. These mostly young folk saw the future very differently to the popular view which was of an inevitable slide to Zimbabwe-style economic implosion.
His plan was to compile an eight part documentary for the international market, showing them another side to that bleak story. Fabian dubbed his idea the Good Hope Project.
We met again this week for an update. It proved timeous. Earlier this year Fabian spent three more months filming in the country. And last week British television channel ITV aired an hour long feature on South Africa hosted by Sir Trevor MacDonald, the first journalist to interview Nelson Mandela after his release from prison after 27 years. Promoted as what MacDonald saw on his return to the country, the ITV documentary has had mixed reviews. Fabian offers his perspective during the interview.
Fabian had spent months meeting with and filming a generation of inspiring South Africans. These mostly young folk saw the future very differently to the popular view which was of an inevitable slide to Zimbabwe-style economic implosion.
His plan was to compile an eight part documentary for the international market, showing them another side to that bleak story. Fabian dubbed his idea the Good Hope Project.
We met again this week for an update. It proved timeous. Earlier this year Fabian spent three more months filming in the country. And last week British television channel ITV aired an hour long feature on South Africa hosted by Sir Trevor MacDonald, the first journalist to interview Nelson Mandela after his release from prison after 27 years. Promoted as what MacDonald saw on his return to the country, the ITV documentary has had mixed reviews. Fabian offers his perspective during the interview.
