Good Madam (Xhosa: Mlungu Wam) is a South African thriller drama film, directed by Jenna Cato Bass and released in 2021.[1] A commentary on the contemporary state of race relations in South Africa in the years following the end of apartheid, the film stars Chumisa Cosa as Tsidi, a single mother who moves back in with her mother Mavis (Nosipho Mtebe) while her mother is working as a live-in caregiver to an elderly white woman.[2]
Good Madam | |
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Xhosa | Mlungu Wam |
Directed by | Jenna Cato Bass |
Written by | Jenna Cato Bass Babalwa Baartman |
Produced by | Jenna Cato Bass Babalwa Baartman Kristina Ceyton Samantha Jennings |
Starring | Chumisa Cosa Nosipho Mtebe |
Cinematography | Jenna Cato Bass |
Edited by | Jacques de Villiers |
Music by | Simon Ratcliffe |
Production companies | Causeway Films Salmira Productions Sanusi Chronicles |
Distributed by | Visit Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | South Africa |
Languages | English Xhosa |
The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] where it received an honorable mention for the Platform Prize.[4]
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