Jannie Adams has spent 32 Christmases in jail. His criminal life started at the age of 15 when he joined the Fancy Boys Gang in Mannenberg. Calling himself the 'good looking boy with the bad ideas', the anger and vengefulness he felt from years of neglect and a lack of love, confirmed when not one member of his family came to see him during his first sentence, has seen him serving six.
Usually, Jannie would be viewed as a lost cause, but a remarkable bird project that has been flourishing within Pollsmoor prison since 1999 has given him hope of personal redemption. By hand-rearing exotic birds - cockatiels, Conures, and African Greys - he has learned to care, to give and receive love, and has endless entertainment and company in return




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9th edition of the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival | Johannesburg, 13 - 22 July 2007 | Cape Town, 20 July - 5 August 2007 |
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