Bunny Chow

In director John Barker’s debut feature, up-and-coming comedians Kags, Joey, and Dave make it clear that life in the “new” Johannesburg is not just about hardship and townships. It’s also about hanging out with friends and celebrating life on a raucous road trip to Oppi Koppi—South Africa’s largest music festival. Shot in a cinema vérité style and using the street food “bunny chow” as a metaphor for contemporary Johannesburg’s mix of races, cultures, and attitudes, Barker’s edgy urban comedy asks us to envision a nation through the eyes of its future rather than the tragedy of its past. 2006, South Africa, in Afrikaans, Tsotsi Taal, and English with English subtitles, 95 minutes.