Zulu
Love Letter
In Ramadan Suleyman's ZULU LOVE LETTER, Thandeka's (Pamela Nomvete
Marimbe) life is severely altered when she and her friend Mike are
arrested after witnessing the murder of a young female activist:
Mike, a photographer, is also killed, and Thandeka, pregnant at
the time, is beaten so badly that her daughter is born deaf and
mute. Years later, Thandeka is a journalist with writer's block
who can't shake her personal demons, nor the gnawing sense of guilt
that alienates her from her family.
Zulu Love Letter presents the desperate and emotional journey of
two mothers searching for their daughters. Tormented by the haunting
images and unrelenting grief of the past, single mother and journalist,
Thandi has difficulty communicating with her estranged daughter,
Mangi.
Thirteen year old Mangi is deaf and dumb due to the beating that
pregnant Thandi received at the same time that her friends, Mike
and Dineo, were murdered by an Apartheid Squad. Mike and Dineo's
fate pursues her, especially when Dineo's mother appears, requesting
that Thandi testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
This emotionally engrossing, yet refreshing, visual gift explores
the final agony of healing from the intimate perspective of women
and mothers. |
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