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MTV’s ‘White People’ asks tough questions about race in the USA

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A scene from the doccie, White People, which will air on MTV next week.

A scene from the doccie, White People, which will air on MTV next week.

HEADLINES about what it’s like to be black in the United States right now are rarely out of the news, but what if you asked the question, ‘What does it mean to be young and white in the USA today?”

MTV’s White People is a ground-breaking documentary on race that aims to answer that question from the viewpoint of young white people living in America. The film follows Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas as he travels across the country to get this complicated conversation started. Continue reading →

Don’t miss a documentary celebrating the legacy of Ian Player

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When Gary Player, the famous golfer and brother of Dr. Ian Player (above left), announced that Ian, pioneer of the Dusi Canoe Marathon, had finally rowed his canoe to the other side, it was a moment when many around the world paused to acknowledge the passing of a great conservationist.

Player was instrumental in saving the southern white rhino from the brink of extinction by pushing for the transport of surplus stock to other areas.

Through his work and as the founder of the Wilderness Leadership School he gained international recognition and at home he became the environmental conscience of a nation.

That legacy is celebrated in a documentary, The Legacy of Ian Player, directed by Dr Sandra Herrington, which will be screened at 8.25 pm on October 14 on DSTV’s  Ed Channel (190).