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Name: William Kentridge 'Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old' 1991
Uploaded: 2026-09-25T12:51:33Z
Duration: 8 min 36 s
Channel: William Kentridge
Description: William Kentridge’s Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old (1991) is a darkly comic animated film examining themes of ageing, excess and social privilege. Through Kentridge’s distinctive charcoal animation, the film follows the fictional Soho Eckstein and his increasingly surreal world, blending personal anxieties with a broader critique of South Africa’s social and political landscape.

William Kentridge 'Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old' 1991 - William Kentridge

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