The film documents the ritual of shaving the heads of recruits to the Third South African Infantry Battalion, in Kimberley, South Africa, contrasted with evocative landscapes and time-lapses. These images of transition in masculine identity consider what is gained and what is lost.
- Director
- Paul Emmanuel
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country of production
- South Africa
- Year
- 2008
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 14'
- Medium
- Betacam Digi PAL
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- Paul Emmanuel
- Sales
- Art Source South Africa
- Screenplay
- Paul Emmanuel
- Cinematography
- Robert Wilson
- Website
- http://www.paulemmanuel.net