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Zulu Love Letter is a 2004 film.

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Zulu Love Letter
Directed by	Ramadan Suleman
Screenplay by	Ramadan Suleman, Bhekizizwe Peterson
Produced by	JBA Production
Starring	Pamela Nomvete Marimbe, Mangi Mpumi Malatsi, Me'Tau, Sophie Mgcina, Moola Kurt Egelhof
Cinematography	Manuel Teran
Edited by	Jacques Comets
Music by	Zim Ngqawana
Release date	2004
Running time	105'
Countries	France Germany South Africa

Synopsis

Thandeka, a young Black journalist, lives in fear of Johannesburg's past. She's so troubled that she can't work, and her relationship with her 13-year-old deaf daughter Mangi goes from bad to worse. One day Me'Tau, an elderly woman, arrives at the newspaper's office. Ten years earlier, Thandeka witnessed the murder of the woman's daughter Dinéo by the secret police. Me'Tau wants Thandeka to find the murderers and Dinéo's body so that the girl can be buried in accordance with tradition. What Me'Tau couldn't know is that Thandeka has already paid for her knowledge, for having dared stand up to the apartheid system run by the whites. Meanwhile, Mangi secretly prepares a Zulu love letter: four embroidered images representing solitude, loss, hope, and love, as a final gesture towards her mother so that she won't give up the fight.

Awards

• Cartago 2004
• Mons 2005
• FESPACO 2005
• Cape Town World Cinema 2005
• Angers 2005

References

• African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)

External links

• Zulu Love Letter at IMDb
• African Zulu Love Letters | Gosouvenirsafrica

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