Necktie Youth
Words by Jennifer Sefa-Boakye
Necktie Youth marks the directorial debut of 23-year-old South African indie filmmaker Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, who says the idea for a film about the angst-ridden suburban lifestyles of young South Africans came to him at the age of sixteen after the suicide of a girlfriend. The film's lead characters, Jabz and September, are two disillusioned "new generation Zulu youths" who try to come to terms with their banal existence after a mutual friend livestreams her suicide. The dramatic monochrome film delves into the existential preoccupations of Johannesburg's affluent youth using drugs, sex and their middle class upbringings as a backdrop.
6:45 PM - FRI 4/17 Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea
3:00 PM - SAT 4/18 Regal Cinemas Battery Park
9:15 PM - MON 4/20 Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea
3:45 PM - THU 4/23 Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea
