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PRODUCTION COMPANYSTORIES OF HOPE PRODUCTIONS

DIRECTOR(S)LETLHOGONOLO MASIPA

PRODUCER(S)LETLHOGONOLO MASIPA

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DOPLETLHOGONOLO MASIPA

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SHORT SYNOPSIS CAPTURED FROM THE DIRECTIVE LENS OF A PROUDLY BORN AND RAISED SOUTH AFRICAN - CAPTURING THE PEOPLE AND CULTURAL ARTEFACTS OF WHO COULD BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTH AFRICANS RESIDING IN A NATION FILLED WITH SOCIO-POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SHORTCOMINGS. IN CONSIDERATION OF THE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, CRIME STATISTICS, SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS AND OTHER SOCIAL IDEOLOGIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICANS, THERE IS A GROWING REQUIREMENT FOR REFLECTING THE NEED FOR AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A BETTER FUTURE IN THE NATION. THE FILM NOT ONLY DESTIGMATISE THE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF THE DEPICTED BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION - THE CHILDREN, THE YOUTH, THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, THE HUSTLERS AND THE TAXI DRIVERS - THEY HUMANISE AND REFLECT THE RESILIENCE AND CREATIVITY OF THE PEOPLE.