INSPIRATIONAL STORY: From a Gqeberha bus stop to Spike Lee’s desk, a friendship becomes acclaimed film

Daily Maverick · 10/22/2026, 9:20:59 PM

Two boys bonded over football at a bus stop in Bluewater Bay in the 1990s, building a friendship across apartheid’s racial divide. Three decades later, their friendship has inspired APART, an animated short film attracting international acclaim, with legendary filmmaker Spike Lee helping bring the story to life.