Hard Living Kids: Tomorrow’s Heroes

Hard Living Kids: Tomorrow’s Heroes is a documentary film by John W. Fredericks and Davide Tosco.

The film

The documentary explores life on the Cape Flats and the reality of youth gangs in South Africa. The two authors, who had been involved in a series of educational workshops in juvenile prisons and street children since 1996, identified two young gangsters, Richie and Schoolboy, who had grown up in townships adjacent to Cape Town, and followed their stories.

Written by John W. Fredericks and Davide Tosco, and produced by Massimo Arvat for KAOS Films, co-produced by Zenit Arti Audiovisive, RTBF Carre Noir and Westland Pictures

Distributed in Italian by Zenit Arti Audiovisive. Released 2000

Distributed in English by F-For-Film, released 2001

Sources

Italian Documentary Directory at http://www.italiandoc.it/area/public/wid/TCU/video.htm

Kaos Films at http://www.kaos-films.com/en/works/220-hard-living-kids

Martin Botha 2012. South African Cinema 1896–2010. Intellect Books, p.286[1]