Milisuthando

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Milisuthando

2023

2h 8m

Documentary

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Set in past and present South Africa, "Milisuthando" is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary on love and what it means to become human in the context of race, explored through the memories of Milisuthando -- who grew up during apartheid but didn't know it was happening until it was over.

Kambole Campbell

Sight & Sound

Nov 20

That uncomfortable personal dimension makes this film feel like a fresh discussion of apartheid, even as it hits familiar points about how the system’s sinister mechanics were enabled, the relief of its dismantlement, the pains of reintegration.

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Marina Ashioti

Little White Lies

10/18/2024

4/5

Combining a treasure trove of archive footage, home movies and personal photographs to tell the history of the Transkei, Milisuthando is also a clear love letter to the filmmaker’s own family.

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Phuong Le

Guardian

10/14/2024

4/5

The non-linearity of this internal contention is beautifully reflected on a visual level; it takes the form of a personal essay accompanied by Bongela’s poetic voiceover.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Oct 11

Structured in five chapters, the film is an intimate and poetic portrait of herself and of her country as she contemplates the past, present, and future of South Africa and the lingering effects of apartheid.

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Dhruv Goyal

In Review Online

Jun 6

Formally daring, thematically ambitious, and — most of all — movingly confessional.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

May 14

Heartfelt, unconventional and illuminating.

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Milisuthando Bongela

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Milisuthando Bongela

Writer

Sonia Barrera Gutiérrez

Producer

Viviana Gómez Echeverry

Producer

Jess Devaney

Executive Producer

Anya Rous

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Synopsis

Set in past and present South Africa, "Milisuthando" is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary on love and what it means to become human in the context of race, explored through the memories of Milisuthando -- who grew up during apartheid but didn't know it was happening until it was over.

Director: Milisuthando Bongela
Producer: Sonia Barrera Gutiérrez, Viviana Gómez Echeverry, Marion Isaacs
Screenwriter: Milisuthando Bongela, Milisuthando Bongela
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 2h 8m