Subotzky is interested in how the  art and literature at the time, through the 20th century and into the present moment, have both reflected and actively contributed to the colonial project. Interweaving the greater historical and political narrative of the film are two highly personal narratives that grapple with Subotzky’s relationship with his own father, and a man called Hermanus.

‘George Fading III’ is part of a short interlude series based on a photograph Subotzky took of his father walking into the sea during the early stages of motor neurone disease, and an account of his later funeral.