Contribution short abstract:

Drawing Across Lines of Colour shows how South African artists tackle the topic of race through satirical art. All artists explore the extremities of racism to show its consequences, critique its historical origins, and shed light on its embeddedness in today’s world and our language.

Contribution long abstract:

Drawing Across Lines of Colour shows how South African artists of different races and

mediums tackle the topic of race through satirical art. The film explores the artists’ thoughts

on their country's racial divides and inequities and how they seek to translate these into their

work. Whether it be poetry, illustration, comedy or painting, all artists explore the extremities

of racism to show its consequences, critique its historical origins, and shed light on its

embeddedness in today’s world and our language. While we see the filmmaker's frantic

efforts to defuse the many stigmas and stereotypes, he encounters, he slowly becomes a

character in his film.