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Fahrenheit 2010 (2009) Online
2009 Craig Tanner
Original Title :
Fahrenheit 2010
Genre :
Movie / Documentary / History / News / Sport
Year :
2009
Directror :
Craig Tanner
Writer :
Craig Tanner
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 15min
Rating :
6.3/10

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A look behind the scenes and beyond the hype as the Rainbow Nation prepares to host the Greatest Show on Earth.

Fahrenheit 2010 (2009) Online

Warming up for the World Cup in South Africa For four action-packed weeks in June and July 2010, the largest international television audience to ever follow a single event will be watching the football World Cup in South Africa. As the clock ticks down, and the nations of the world anticipate the beautiful game's showpiece, questions are being asked about what will happen after the trophy is lifted, the caravans move on, and the dogs stop barking... Fahrenheit 2010 cuts through the hype, with an uncompromising examination of what the World Cup means for South Africans themselves - in particular, who actually stands to benefit from the diversion of millions of dollars to build 21st century sports arenas in a country in which, 15 years after throwing off apartheid's yoke, millions live in shacks and have no access to water - a South Africa where life expectancy has plummeted beneath that in Ethiopia. International heavyweights like Archbishop Desmond Tutu, construction workers, FIFA's ...


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Writer/director Craig Tanner no longer lives in South Africa but you can tell by watching this documentary that Africa has not lost it's grip on his soul.

In the movie Tanner uses factual information interlaced with interviews of a broad range of people, from unknowns in the street to others with world famous names, to explore the divergence of views that hosting the 2010 soccer world cup has ignited in people who live in South Africa. This mosaic of ideas forces the viewer to think about many of the issues confronting a country clearly still in transition. These same issues are also faced by many other developing countries, so while this movie is about the Soccer World Cup, and set in South Africa, the ideas it raises are more universal.

Tanner succeeds in keeping his own bias in check, which is something not every director seems capable of or prepared to do. In spite of this, most of us will no doubt interpret this movie in a way that reinforces our existing perspectives and prejudices. I suspect from the wry humour that creeps in and takes the hard edge off the serious subject matter, that Tanner will be happy if even a small percentage of viewers take more from his movie than just a tour of one of the most interesting countries in the world today. Watch the movie.