Zulu Love Letter

Letre d'amour zoulu/Zulu Love Letter, feature film, South Africa, 2004

DIRECTED BY: Ramadan Suleman

Zulu Love Letter

CAST:
Pamela Nomvete Marimbe,
Mpumi Malatsi,
Sophie Mgcina,
Kurt Egelhof

SCRIPT:
Bhekizizwe Peterson,
Ramadan Suleman

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Manuel Teran

Synopsis:
Thandeka, a black woman, is a journalist. Her job and relationship with her teenage daughter are endangered by her addiction to alcohol. One day an older woman comes to Thandeka’s office and asks her to testify in front of the commission of “truth and justice” in order to find the body of her murdered daughter and bury her according to Zulu tradition.

Festivals, awards: Ouagadougu (award for the best actress, special award of the European Union)

35 mm, color, 105 min