Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Milisuthando

Milisuthando BONGELA 2023 South Africa, Colombia Documentary color 128min DCP
Milisuthando is an experimental essay film which intertwines personal narrative with national history. Set in past, present, and future South Africa, an invitation into a poetic, memory-driven exploration of love, intimacy, race, and belonging by the filmmaker, who grew up during apartheid but didn't know it was happening until it was over.

Director

Milisuthando BONGELA

Award-winning South African writer, cultural worker, and artist. Milisuthando has traversed worlds of fashion, music, art, and film in the past 15 years, turning towards indigenous knowledge. Milisuthando, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance FF, is her first film.

Milisuthando BONGELA

Producer Marion ISAACS Executive Producer Jess DEVANEY, Anya ROUS, Charlotte COOK, Brenda ROBINSON Cinematographer, Editor Hankyeol LEE Music Neo MUYANGA, Asanda LUSASENI

Milisuthando BONGELA
milisuthandobongela@gmail.com