Weighing... and Wanting
1998, No Language. Directed by William Kentridge.
Drawing, literally, from the story of Daniel and Belshazzar, William Kentridge's film Weighing… and Wanting re-examines the legacy of Belshazzar's message in post-apartheid South Africa. While the political climate shared by Belshazzar's kingdom and apartheid-era South Africa is striking – in both, a ruling civilization relegates whole populations to subhuman status – Kentridge sets the scene of his film after the South African rule of oppression has been replaced by the ascent of the African National Congress. Left in the frame of apartheid's collapse is Kentridge's charcoal creation, Soho Eckstein, a former apartheid profiteer and businessman, contemplating the works of his own hand in the dissolution of love and in the building of industry.
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- 0h 6m
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- 1 January 1998
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Weighing... and Wanting runs 6 minutes (0h 6m).
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Weighing... and Wanting isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1998. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Weighing... and Wanting?
Weighing... and Wanting (1998) was directed by William Kentridge.