SOWETO (South Africa, 2010)
Anyone hearing the name of Soweto immediately thinks of poverty, dust, crime and AIDS. This is the image that is constantly stoked by the media. Jodi Bieber wanted to show Soweto as it is today – a place where people have homes, where they do their shopping and go about their everyday tasks. She wanted to undermine the stereotypes and reveal the cosmopolitan townships as their residents themselves experience them.