Main Reef Road (1999)

Overview : Since the days of Apartheid, Main Reef Road has linked Johannesburg, its suburbs, and the outlying villages and gold mines of the region. Now the people of means flee the more remote reaches of the Road for the suburbs. Who remains along this once heavily travelled highway? Who slaves for the mining companies today? Filmmaker Nic Hofmeyr takes to the road to meet them. South Africa's history echoes in their stories, and in the very landscape.

Release Date : June 25, 1999

Runtime : 88m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : African Bandits

Countries : South Africa

Keywords : highway, johannesburg south africa, road trip, gold mine, volkswagen beetle, gold miner, gauteng, miners, south african