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| director       = [[Hannan Majid]]<br/>Richard York
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| starring       = Gerald Jacobs
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| studio         = [[Rainbow Collective]]
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| released       = {{Film date|2006}}
| runtime        = 20 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = [[Zulu language|Zulu]]<br/>English
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'''''Bafana''''' is a 2006 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[documentary film]] directed by [[Hannan Majid]] and Richard York. The film looks at the life and experiences of [[Cape Town]]'s street children.
==Summary==
The film focuses on children in the care of 'The Homestead', a charity based in [[District Six]], [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], established to rehabilitate children and reunite them with their families. It features Homestead street worker Gerald Jacobs and his dedication to rehabilitating street kids.
It shows how The Homestead provides a safe shelter and a type of community surrogate family through the permanent children's home in Kayelitsha Township. It provides basic schooling in Learn to Live School in downtown Cape Town: teaching respect, manners and basic life skills. At each location, the children talk of their time on the streets, their reasons for running away from home and the way they see their lives turning out.
==Release==
''Bafana'' was screened at the Nantes British Film Festival 2008<ref name="filmsforfood">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsforfood.org/#!films/cwzt|title=Films|publisher=Films For Food|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219140234/http://www.filmsforfood.org/#!films/cwzt|url-status=dead}} Bafana</ref><ref name="rainbowcollective">{{cite web |url=http://www.rainbowcollective.co.uk/#!bafana/c1tvy|title=Bafana|publisher=Rainbow Collective|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> and Mosaiques International Film Festival 2010.<ref name="institut-francais">{{cite web|url=http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/mosaiques/films/bafana.html|title=Bafana – AmaZulu: The Children of Heaven (Double Bill)|publisher=mosaïques|date=June 2011|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035303/http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/mosaiques/films/bafana.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Reception==
Debbie Myburg of ''The South African'' said about ''Bafana'', "The film shows how children living on streets are visible evidence that something is wrong with SA's marginalised society, and that steps need to be taken to protect and care for all individuals."<ref name="thesouthafrican">{{cite news |last=Myburg|first=Debbie|url=http://www.thesouthafrican.com/hope-amidst-the-hardship/|title=Hope amidst the hardship|location=South Africa|publisher=The South African|date=13 June 2011|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>
==See also==
*''[[AmaZulu: The Children of Heaven]]''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.rainbowcollective.co.uk/#!bafana/c1tvy}}
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