Doccie to show rugby's not just a game

Kaplan will produce and direct the documentary film, which will focus on a particular historical event which took place in New Brighton in October 1976, when white and black players thumbed their noses at the apartheid regime.

Over 10 000 people turned up to watch the first documented non-racial rugby game in apartheid history. The documentary will tell the stories of the young men who shook the core of the apartheid regime by defying the oppressive laws of segregated rugby and will include interviews with players, administrators and past government officials. Old photographs and moving archival footage of the events leading up to it will take the viewers on a fascinating and emotional journey.

Tamarin Kaplan, co-producer of “Education without borders” and producer of the South African leg of the international project “The White Picket Fence,” is currently co-producing and directing a show with Nicky Greenwall titled “Behind the Name,” which is set for release on e.tv in September 2007.

Already in pre-production, filming of the documentary “Not Just a Game” is scheduled to commence in July.