A brief synopsis Based on a true story and set in the crime infested townships of Cape Town, South Africa 'Watch Your Back' traces the extraordinary life journey of a black man, Ernie Lasting Solomon. Marginalized by prevailing political conditions and molded by adverse personal circumstances, he fights to find his identity, heritage and a place in a society ravaged by abuse, crime and violence. Watch Your Back explores the questions of destiny and morality in a society laid bare by circumstance and fate.