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Vision from the Edge: Breyten Breytenbach Painting the Lines
Vision from the Edge: Breyten Breytenbach Painting the Lines

VISION FROM THE EDGE: BREYTEN BREYTENBACH PAINTING THE LINES

Directed by Mary Stephen
Netherlands, France, 1998
Documentary

Synopsis

During the time and space of a retrospective of his paintings where he creates 6 scrolls illustrating his poems, Breyten Breytenbach, writer/artist/anti-Apartheid activist who spent 7 and a half years in prison, reflects on poetry, zen philosophy, South Africa, exile….

Synopsis

During the time and space of a retrospective of his paintings where he creates 6 scrolls illustrating his poems, Breyten Breytenbach, writer/artist/anti-Apartheid activist who spent 7 and a half years in prison, reflects on poetry, zen philosophy, South Africa, exile….