T A P E Presents: Milisuthando

BBFC Ratingf-rated FilmT A P E Presents: Milisuthando

Showing: 19 October 2024

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Sat 19 Oct 2024

Certificate12A
Year2023
GenreDocumentary
Director(s)Milisuthando Bongela
Writer(s)Milisuthando Bongela
Language English, Xhosa
CountrySouth Africa, Colombia
Running Time2HR 8MINS
Extra InfoPartially subtitled in English
SeasonBlack History Month 2024
Audio AccessibleClosed Captioning This screening will play with descriptive subtitles

Milisuthando Bongela’s youth in South Africa was untouched by the horrors, violence, or even the presence of white occupiers. At least that’s how it seemed.

The Republic of Transkei, an unrecognised Black independent region established by the apartheid regime, created the illusion for Black South Africans that separate could be equal. And paradoxically for Bongela, life in the Transkei proved as idyllic as the propaganda claimed.

The fall of apartheid ushered in a new life, one that included – for the first time – whiteness.

A deeply intimate portrait of past, present and future South Africa, blending poetry, film, and photography into a striking cinematic essay,  Milisuthando Bongela explores love, friendship, and belonging in a South Africa stratified by racism – proving that only if we understand its tentacles, can we begin to extricate ourselves from its clutches.

Screening as part of SNAPSHOT - a season of films celebrating Black girls coming of age on their own terms. Presented by T A P E with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.

This October, for Black History Month, QFT celebrates Black filmmakers, storytellers and creatives who have enriched cinema.