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Milisuthando

  • 128 mins
  • Doco
  • 2023

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 didn’t know it was happening until it was over.

Director

Milisuthando Bongela

Producer

Milisuthando Bongela

Cinematographer

Hankyeol Lee

Music

Neo Muyanga

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