Sep 25, 2025 | 4:00pm
Screening and Discussion
BCRW Conference Room, Milstein 614
MILISUTHANDO is a deeply intimate portrait of filmmaker, writer and poet Milisuthando Bongela’s youth in South Africa. Born in the Transkei, an unrecognized Black independent region established by the apartheid regime, Bongela was shielded from the overt horrors, violence, or even the presence of white occupiers to her land. Nevertheless, the fall of apartheid ushered in a new life, as her family moved to a mixed area in the 1990s and was forced to grapple for the first time with the violence of racialization. The self-titled documentary explores love, friendship and belonging in a South Africa stratified by racism, proving that only if we understand its tentacles, can we begin to extricate ourselves from its clutches.
Director Milisuthando Bongela will be joined by Professor Amelia Herbert (Urban Studies and Education, Barnard College) to discuss the film after the screening.
ACCESSIBILITY
Registration is strongly encouraged and open to BC/CU ID holders only. You must be affiliated with the university to attend this event. Refreshments will be provided.
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