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Zulu love letter [videorecording] /

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English, Zulu Summary language: English Publication details: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2004.Description: 1 videodisc ( 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

Also known as: Lettre d'amour zoulou

Subject(s): Production credits:

Director of photography, Manuel Teran ; edited by Jacques Comets ; music, Zim Ngqawana.

Cast: Pamela Nomvete Marimbe, Sophie Mgcina, Kurt Egelhof.Summary: Within the new South African cinema Zulu Love Letter stands alone in focusing on the legacy of psychological trauma for black South Africans embodied in the character of the emotionally scarred journalist, Thandeka Kumalo (in an award-winning performace by Pamela Nomvete Marimbe). During the State of Emergency in the late 1980s, Thandeka and her photographer colleague were witnesses to the assassination of Dineo, a young activist, by government security forces. Thandeka was imprisoned and tortured by police while she was pregnant. Her daughter was born deaf and mute as a result. These events still haunt her so much that she suffers writers block as well as strained relations with her family, friends, and co-workers. The film's narrative bravely reflects Thandeka's disjointed reality and what she and millions of others endured during the apartheid period. As such the film is a critique of a post apartheid society that seems to be forgetting those most hurt by apartheid. The chance to bring her own past and present together presents itself when Thandeka is approached by Dineo's mother who writes to enlist Thandeka's aid in finding Dineo's body for a proper burial. This means tracing the three policemen responsible for Dineo's murder, exposing herself to their intimidation, and finally testifying before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In English and Zulu with English subtitles. (California Newsreel)Summary: It is ten years since the last vestiges of apartheid's political regime were dismantled. For the average South African, the notion of struggle has been all too quickly relegated to the past.But for Thandi, a journalist suffering from writer's block, a more profound struggle continues to rage within. Living in a nation that seems too eager to forget its past, Thandi cannot shake the gnawing sense of guilt that continues to alienate her from her own family.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 1182 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050123209

Originally produced or released in 2004.

Run time: approx. 100 min.

DVD.

In English and Zulu with English subtitles.

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