Afrique du Sud l’école de la haine. (Documentaire 49.27)

L’endoctrinement des jeunes Afrikaners entraînés dans des camps de commandos. Ils apprennent à se défendre et à haïr les Noirs
Ces camps sont basés sur l’humiliation et sur des exercices physiques poussés à l’extrême. Certains jeunes repartent complètement endoctrinés.

Le documentaire:

Filmmaker Tarryn Lee Crossman has directed and produced a documentary entitled Fatherland. The film takes an unscripted, hard look at the boot camps of ‘Kommandokorps’ that are run from the South African bushveld. The intention behind the camps was to create a greater sense of Nationalism in Afrikaans’s next generation.

Nine days in the lives of three boys are followed in the film. The focus of the film is the conflicting view that the boys have developed. They struggle to find their identities within their communities and the ‘rainbow’ nation while under strict leadership of Jooste, an ex-SADF soldier that fought in the war who is now in charge of the Kommandokorps troop. Their identities, values, and beliefs are tested as they are forcefully made to participate in a grueling physical and mental process.

Set in the remote bush area of South Africa, Fatherland is about the boys’ coming-of-age experiences. They attend the camp as a matter of family tradition. The basic camaraderie, fitness, and training intensify as the revelation of the camp’s true nature becomes apparent.

This is the first full-length documentary produced by Crossman. She lived with the Kommandokorps in the bush during the camp. She had unfettered and unprecedented access while at camp, as camp leaders proudly shared their philosophies.

Tarryn felt the film was difficult to make as she wanted to avoid South African racial stereotypes. The country’s policies segregated people for generations and racial relations remain a sensitive issue. Her belief in the truth would not allow her to hide what had been filmed for fear of the public’s reaction.