Milisuthando
TITLE Milisuthando
DIRECTOR Milisuthando Bongela
PRODUCER Marion Isaacs
COPRODUCERS Viviana Gómez Echeverry, Sonia Barrera Gutiérrez
COUNTRIES Sudáfrica, Colombia
SYNOPSIS
It is 1992 in South Africa and Milisuthando enjoys her protected childhood in „The Republic of Transkei“- an area set aside for black South Africans of Xhosa descent. She has no idea of the impending racial calamity beyond her hometown. When Transkei is dissolved by the arrival of apartheid, Milisuthando is part of the first generation of black children who attend „White only“ schools. 25 years later, Milisuthando wonders why South Africa seems to be returning to its ugly racial past.
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Early Hours (Sudáfrica)
Viso Producciones (Colombia)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa
Field of Vision
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
Cinereach
Doc Society Circle Fund
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico - Colombia
Hot Docs Blue Ice Fund
The Wickers
Idfa Bertha Fund
Nia Tero
DISTRIBUTION
FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival
True/False Film Festival
Cartagena International Film Festival
New Directors / New Films Festival
San Francisco Film Festival
Hot Docs Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Festival de Cine Africano
Doc Days Film Festival
Encounters Film festival
Encounters Documentary Film Festival
Durban International Film Festival
AWARDS
Best African Feature Documentary Premio. Encounters - Al Jazeera Awards 2023, South Africa.
Best documentary Film by an African Woman. Adhiaha Awards, Encounters Documentary Film Festival 2023. South Africa.