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Echoes of Exile: A Daughter’s Tribute to Lauretta Ngcobo
By Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rehim “And She Didn’t Die” is a poignant feature documentary directed by Kethiwe Ngcobo. The film delves into the

Whisper in Smoke: Sex Workers, and War for Dignity
By: Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rehim In the cinema of protest, few voices dare to echo from the margins so defiantly. But Womxn: Working,

Inside Encounters: A Conversation with Mandisa Zitha on 27 Years of Documenting Truth
By Alice Johnson Documentary films are often the quiet revolutionaries of cinema; less glitz, more grit. But in South Africa, one festival has

NORMAL TO ME: A Tastement to The Power of Inclusion
Normal to Me is an engaging and heartwarming feature documentary that intimately explores the lives of individuals with special needs, all employed at

Red Umbrellas and the Weight of Choice
A Reflection on Shanelle Jewnarain’s Documentary on Sex Work Activism in South Africa By: Alice Johnson Sex work remains criminalised under South Africa’s

Before 16 – Loic Niyonkuru’s film is a lament on inherited trauma
by Riley Hlatshwayo May 30th, 2025 ‘I used to see her as an enemy…’ is a line that resonates throughout the strikingly arresting

Khartoum Review: A Mirror to Pain, Resistance, and Hope
Khartoum is a bold, experimental documentary directed by a collective of Sudanese and British filmmakers Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmed, Timeea

And She Didn’t Die: A Documentary from Memory
By:Tshi Malatji All images sourced from the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival “And She Didn’t Die” is not an objective and neutral

The Wait – Review by Bob Perfect
An Uncomfortably Familiar Situation Imran Hamdulay’s short film The Wait is a deft and sharp look at modern day South Africa through the

LEGACY: THE DECOLONIZED HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA – Review by Timothy Niwamanya
INTERSECTIONALITY AND RESISTANCE Decoloniality, as a school of thought and action, has been central to dismantling the vestiges of cultural, economic and psychological
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