i saw this film preview on cnn and go to see it at the zurich film festival with some american friend of mine . be south african one could see that this film be simply a labour of love for the beloved country . ralph ziman and the self efface director be on hand to talk about the film after the movie and i ask him how he get all the original footage of the mandela inauguration etc and which he have cleverly weave into the movie . his answer be amazing represent he shoot it himself over the year and which mean that ralph have single handedly create part of a record of sa history no one else have . at the end of the day the film be broad enough and topical enough to override tsotsi on many level and deal with the integral white black relationship in south africa ( the main black criminal building hijacker in the movie have an affair with a well to do white jewish girl from the burbs ) and how these part of society interrelate . last but not least and a it be not stick in the modality of tsotsi only it manage to look refreshingly at a broad swathe of the theme and reality affect sa society today . though ralph denies it positive . ( correct me if i be wrong ralph ) tsotsi have inevitably influence the making of jerusalema but on many level be radically different . in a sense i miss the whimsical sadness of tsotsi and jerusalema pan through the skyline and scene of our johannesburg far too fast to really do it justice . more of that please . however and it a fast moving film that be enjoy not just by me but by some american i drag along to it . they really like it prove that it scope and graphic talk to a worldwide audience . bravo ralph . your country have cause to be very proud of you . you be a true son of south africa .