Review of New Material – My View by Robyn Sassen and other writers

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ON the road again: Yusuf (Joey Rasdien), Hendrik (Schalk Bezuidenhout) and Cassim (Riaad Moosa), in a scene from New Material. Photograph courtesy Times Live.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU think your dream opportunity has finally presented itself, you’re rudely given to understand that the universe has a whole different narrative plotted for you. The sequel to Craig Freimond’s 2012 film Material, called New Material, released nationally on 26 November. It will have you reaching for the tissues, even if you did not know Fietas or Fordsburg in the 1950s. Even if you are not Muslim.

Cassim Kaif (Riaad Moosa) comes of an ordinary South African Muslim upbringing in the so-called ‘rag trade’ in Fordsburg, just on the edge of the Johannesburg CBD. Only, his dreams are nurtured by his ability to make people laugh. A lot. And the thought of maintaining a fabric shop in the Oriental Plaza has been filed away. Now Cassim is married. He has a daughter. And his priorities have shifted as…

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