Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, the true self can be discovered.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
ZA
Genres:
Music, Drama
Release:
May 2018
Production:
Marche Media
Cast:
Schalk Bezuidenhout, Hannes Otto, Germandt Geldenhuys, Gérard Rudolf, Jacques Bessenger, David Viviers, De Klerk Oelofse, Francois Jacobs, Andrico Goosen, Ludwig Binge, Beer Adriaanse, Dawid Minnaar, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots, Albert Pretorius
Tags:
homophobia, choir, south africa, apartheid, military service, male homosexuality, lgbt, 1980s, military choir, gay theme, homosexuality
