ODD NUMBER

Odd Number is a documentary film set on the Cape Flats. The Cape Flats are 20 minutes from Cape Town, an expansive low lying sandy area and dumping ground of South Africa’s apartheid era’s forced removals. The National Party enforced racial segregation from 1948 to 1994 resulting in the forced relocation of black and coloured people to the Cape Flats. Odd Number is a story of redemption. It’s the story of a boy who grows up in poverty on the Cape Flats and joins a gang which eventually leads to his incarceration. In Pollsmoore prison he fights for survival and survives an assassination attempt. Being in the dreaded Pollsmoore prison turns out to be a blessing as well, as he finds God and himself. Today he works as a plumber, fighting for the survival of his family. Marius van Straaten was trained as a cinematographer and has been involved in filmmaking for years. Odd Number is his directing debut.