City of Film: Roger Young’s Cape Town

Posted on 15 September, 2015

At 17 years old Roger Young packed up his camera and ran away from the suburb of Westville, near the South African city of Durban. He traveled up the coast to Cape Town, where he has lived intermittently in the years since, establishing an award-winning career as a filmmaker.

After a family tragedy struck in his late twenties, Roger spent nearly a decade living on the streets and grappled with addiction—an experience that has given him a raw perspective of how Cape Town weaves together. His recent work highlights how the city, in the filmmaker’s words, “is still divided along the geographical lines of apartheid, and very unequal.” Having started his career at such a young age, Roger understands the challenges young South African filmmakers face and also works to improve opportunities for local emerging talent.

Here’s the interactive map of Roger’s suggestions and to read the entire article, please check Hayo No. 1: South.

City on Film: Roger Young’s View of Cape Town

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Bakoven Beach

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It’s really tiny. Everyone knows about it. There’s no parking and it’s situated in a way that the rocks shelter the beach. The beach is maybe 10 to 15 meters across, and because the rocks go far into the sea there are no waves.
Beijing Opera

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A dim sum bar in the city. The restaurant is designed beautifully and has the best dim sum experience in the city.
Lefty's

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Punk rock dive bar. Americ
Erf 81 Food Market

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It’s all organic, locally grown food and overlooks the city in a really beautiful setting.
Kimberley Hotel

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EVOL

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Friday nights only—and it is the ultimate art school place. The walls are pain ted black as the soul of a fine art professor. It’s been there for over 10 years.
Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel

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The only place I go for cocktails. It’s quite expensive, but it has a beautiful garden and it’s a really chill place.
The Waiting Room

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old school hip hop
Blank Projects

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Blank Projects is the contemporary gallery where the real experimentation is happening.
WHATIFTHEWORLD

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Great job curating mostly the new art stars, and it’s in an old church building so it’s a beautiful space.
South African National Gallery

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iIt has an amazing retrospective of South African art and is always showing new works from more established artists.
YOURSTRULY

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All the kids hang out at YOURSTRULY on Kloof Street, which is a fairly overpriced coffee bar with an upstairs section where people can stay until later in the night.
Truth

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The better actual coffee is at Truth on Buitenkant Street.