Introduction The documentary, 21 up South Africa: Mandela’s children, is a film that has been set in South Africa, and it seeks to show how race and class played a part in shaping the lives of individuals from diverse communities in South Africa, and its continued influence even after the country gained independence (Molitorisz, 2007, par. 2). The documentary has Angus Gibson as its director, while Icarus Films are the distributors. The subjects of this documentary are six children, from three races, whites, the coloured, and Africans. They are also from different social settings. The film then traces the lives of the subjects from the bushveldt, where those on the high social class live, to the townships, where the black children live. Plot synopsis The documentary provides a distinctive insight into the political as well as the social changes that have been experience throughout South Africa, ever since apartheid was defeated (Buchana, 2007, par. 2). The six children that have been featured in this particular documentary start in 1992, a time when they were aged eleven years. At the time, South Africa was characterized by an unparalleled wave of change, not to mention that the world of these children had an explicit inclination towards the racial divide. The first shooting for the documentary took place in 1992, at a time when the subjects were only seven years old. Ten years later, while they are 21 years, they still live in the slums. These are the black children, who now as young adults, are desperately looking for jobs. At the same time, the children at this age have children to take care of, if not members of the family that they are supporting. Jobs deficiency in post-apartheid South Africa is revealed, with a number of the young adults of the African descent featured in the documentary being seen to express their sadness and frustration due to their inability to earn a living (Brenner, 2009, par. 2). On the other hand, their counterparts from the white race are in a position to get jobs, because they were able to go to school (Kenneth, 2008, par. 2). This film appears somewhat striking in terms of its closeness and familiarity, with regard to the affection that these children get, not to mention the fact that they are very honest in the way that they tell their stories. The documentary has also succeeded in bringing out a very strong message; the fact that it was an uphill task to be born and raised in apartheid South Africa, especially for the Africans. The little economic opportunity that dogged apartheid South Africa is also revealed, as the documentary portrays how race and class has ensured that certain opportunities gets reserved for some children, while the same opportunities cannot be accessed by other children (Brenner, 2009, par. 2). The colored or black families that have money have managed to send their children to better schools. This, in addition to having connections with the members of the white community, has enabled them to maintain their heads above the looming economic depression. Children from the black community are seen to have greatly been affected by apartheid. With time, these children slowly adjust to the life of post-apartheid South Africa and at this point, it is not hard for a view to become acutely aware of the existence of new challenges and opportunities that waits this generation. Those who are black or colored wit