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My grandfather – the pianist


Production by Zama Luthuli
Many black South Africans lost memories and documents due to being displaced during apartheid. Zama Luthuli’s family is no different. In this video she writes a letter to her late grandfather who she has a deep connection with though she has never met him. Her grandfather’s dream was to become a piano player, something that has truly inspired her. The theme of the video speaks to how black people in South Africa have been denied their dreams because of this country’s history.
Archive footage is used to tell this story because of the lack of documentation of Zama’s grandfather’s life.

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Remembering Us Alive


Production by Sandisiwe Magadla
Sandisiwe Magadla looks at her family’s tradition of filming funeral videos to explore the representation of black people in film over the years. She looks at the practice of blackface and what it means to be remembered when these exist. She explains that she wants to document black people as well as to document herself to honour her people.

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The man with an iron fist


Production by Nokwanda Dlamini
Domestic violence is a huge issue in South Africa especially in patriarchal societies such as Swaziland. My grandmother is testament this as a long suffering victim. This video details some of the reasons behind Makhinane Dlamini, my grandfather’s abuse patterns, not to absolve him but to frame him within a national history of violence. Colonialism, the second world war and the apartheid era in South Africa provide the background to this on the individual.

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Black love


Production by Tswelopelo Maputla
Tswelopele’s first encounter with Black Consciousness was through her father who gave her his copy of Steve Biko’s “I write what I like” when she was in grade 10. Since then, she’s grown into a pro-black feminist thinker whose outfits are inspired by the 70s, an era she believes was great for fashion and intellect. In this documentary, Tswelopele explores black love through politics and fashion inspired by her parents.

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Black and educated


Production by Zandile Hlabangane
This is a story about my grandfather, Sandile Hlabangane, who was passionate about education. He was a lecturer at a teaching college and was later promoted to a school principal. He passed down his love for education to his 7 children, one of them being my father, which resulted in me attending the best schools from primary school through to university.
Due to the 1953 Bantu Education Act, which was one of apartheid’s racist laws, African education served the interests of white supremacy and denied black people access to the opportunities of white South Africans. After my grandfather passed away in 1981, my father faced challenges in his matric year when his school was burnt down. Fortunately, he was one of only two students in his class that matriculated that year. My grandfather’s love for education was passed down to my father who now holds education as one of his main priorities for his children. Although I’ve never met him, my grandfather’s passion for education and learning has influenced the way I view education today.

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From British to Boer


Production by Justin Cronje
Glen Cronjé married Lily Comley in 1968. This is a marriage between an Afrikaans person and a historically British person. The cultural significance of this is marked in South Africa’s history. This video tells the story of the Comley lineage as well as the Cronjé lineage up until present day. The past of the two cultures is vastly different and brutal at some points. Both cultures call South Africa home and subsequently unite decades on. check out shaved pussy on the beach.

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