Set in past, present, and future South Africa – an invitation into a poetic, memory-driven exploration of love, intimacy, race, and belonging by the filmmaker, who grew up during apartheid but didnʼt know it was happening until it was over. – „Eight years in the making, Milisuthando is a portrait of me and South Africa growing up together in the aftermath of apartheid. Driven by my narrative voice and a compelling cast of my family, friends, foes and some historical figures, the story braids together the three different worlds of my childhood – The now defunct Republic of Transkei, East London in the 1990s new South Africa and my adult life in Johannesburg. Spanning thirty years in a non-linear manner, the film is a meditation on difficult questions about power, fear, intimacy and love as it relates to race. Through a roving feminine lens, we find ourselves in happened-upon environments that take the viewer into the interiors of the new South Africa and its relationship with its past.“ (Milisuthando Bongela)

Awards:

Special Mention for the Best Director – International Documentary Association (USA)

Documentaire Extraordinaire – Special Mention – Bergen International Film Festival (Norway)