Dark Silence on Sports Avenue portrays the life of Ian Barker. Ian is an elderly man, born to a wealthy family in Houghton, who is now forced to live in a working-class neighbourhood, Bertrams. Thinly-veiled beneath Ian’s light demeanor is a bitterness toward the changes South Africa went through at the end of Apartheid. He resents that his life has gone nowhere since then, but more so, he resents his wealthy family for excluding him from their vast inheritance.
Shortlisted for a YDA award and screening in competition at Encounters South African International Documentary Festival.