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Up 14 Up South Africa - Give me a child until he is seven and I will show
you the man - Jesuit saying
Following
the success of his work on 7 UP, Angus Gibson also directed the second part of
this prestigious documentary series for Granada Television.
The
film records the lives and opinions of South African children and has been broadcast
worldwide to much acclaim. It received an Avanti Award and is the subject of study
at universities across the world.
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UP is a unique collection of documentaries from Granada Television which have
become a vivid, social history of our times. As the chosen director for South
Africa, Angus follows a generation growing up amid prejudice, violence and massive
change and carrying the unique legacy of apartheid. 14 UP is the second documentary
of this strand, where Angus returns to his characters seven years later.