Hung Out Dry Trailer

On the eve of South Africa's 30th anniversary of the advent of democracy, what was meant to be a documentation of villagers day-to-day struggle for water, rather exposes decades of systematic corruption that from the surface, turned the remote village of Block 5 into a desert. The village has since pre-democracy been dependent on rain water during rainy season or buy from families who drilled privately in their households. Over the years, residents have been trying to find solutions to the water crisis but their efforts are met with even bigger challenges. When the rest of South Africa was placed under lockdown in 2020, life in the village of Block 5 continued as normal in pursuit of water. Government’s call for people to frequently wash hands and wear masks fell on deaf ears. The community maintain they have no water to drink, let alone wash hands. Let Alone Wash Hands uncovers that water shortage at Block 5 is indeed a man-made historical problem, with no end in sight.