Abstract
At the dawn of democracy, white fears about futurity were at a fever pitch in the country. Democracy held great promise-both for the liberation of the oppressed and retributive justice against oppressors. At the intersection of this promise, Samantha Vice (2010), posed a question pertinent to the reconsideration oTfriomf, i.e., 'How Do I Live in This Strange Place?'. Importantly, however, this paper is not a reading of Vice (2010), even as her analysis will be central in framing my discussion. Re-reading this critical cinematic intervention, I examine how Blackness/Indigeneity and whiteness are imagined to co-exist in South Africa through an analysis of national identity. My analysis is developed in the backdrop of objections to the coalition government between the ANC, the DA, and FF+. How did the public imagination perceive whiteness in the postapartheid state? In answering this question, my focus will be the film Triomf, inflected by whiteness' self-perceptual readings, necessitating a consideration of Vice (2010).