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WARM
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Lindokuhle Mthimkhulu, South Africa, 2023, 12 min, English
24 JULY 17:00 SUNCOAST 8 28 JULY 14:00 SUNCOAST 7
A young couple is trapped in the cycle of everyday life. Dolly is the homemaker and labourer while Ngozi gets to be himself and treats Dolly like a servant. This cycle is broken when Dolly decides to leave Ngozi to begin a new life and finally gain freedom. She realizes that she cannot get far as there is no escaping the life set out for her. While she fights for freedom, her body remains the property of patriarchy. Even her death does not allow her escape as Ngozi violates her corpse, entrenching the notion that there is no escape for Dolly.
Luyanda is instructed by his father to look after their chickens. Bullied at school and abused at home, Luyanda dreams of escaping by playing cricket. His father has no time for his son’s daydreams and wants Luyanda to prove his manhood the only way he knows, with his fists. His father’s demands grow increasingly unreasonable and his desire for violence prompts Luyanda to begin dreaming of an alternative solution. His growing resentment is directed towards his father’s prized rooster. As his son contemplates revenge his dreams become more lurid and his father’s constant reliance on violence has disastrous consequences.
WHERE’S THE CHICKEN?
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Keila Leniese Kock, South Africa, 2023, 9 min, Zulu with English subtitles
23 JULY 17:15 SUNCOAST 7 27 JULY 14:00 GATEWAY 8
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