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Canary
2018 • 2h 3m • ★ 6.4 (20 votes) Released
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.
Director
Christiaan Olwagen
Screenplay
Christiaan Olwagen
Screenplay
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
Rating
6.4
Runtime
123 min
Production
Marche Media
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Keywords
homophobiachoirsouth africaapartheidmilitary servicemale homosexualitylgbt1980smilitary choirgay themehomosexuality
