SAFF Canada 2021

Letters of Hope (plus bonus short film Umama)

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Letters of Hope
After the death of his father a teenage boy is forced to take over his father’s risky job, of delivering secret letters, going against the laws of apartheid
Umama
Sibongile struggles to balance her responsibilities as a mother figure to the children of the parents she works for, with her obligations as a mother to her own son.
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Set in 1976 apartheid South Africa, Letters of Hope tells the story of 16-year-old Jeremiah, who

really wants to be a policeman and can’t understand why his father Robert won’t let him.

Robert is the local postman and expects Jeremiah to take after him. When his father is killed,

Jeremiah discovers that his father was operating a secret courier service that delivered letters

from freedom fighters in exile and prison. Will Jeremiah step up to take over from where his

father left off – delivering letters of hope to the families of freedom fighters?


Content advisory: contains some scenes with violence


Co-presenting Partner: The African Movie Festival in Manitoba


  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    75 minutes
  • Language
    isiXhosa, Setswana
  • Country
    South Africa
  • Director
    Vusi'Africa
  • Screenwriter
    Naledi Bogacwi, Vusi’Africa Sindane
  • Producer
    Naledi Bogacwi, Ndiyathemba Modibedi
  • Executive Producer
    Naledi Bogacwi, Ndiyathemba Modibedi, Jet Novuka
  • Cast
    Aphiwe Mkefe, Sibulele GcilitShana, Luthuli Dlamini, Jet Novuka
  • Cinematographer
    Nyembezi Ncaba
  • Editor
    Vusi’Africa Sindane
  • Production Design
    Lungile Cindi, Sbusiso Khwinana
  • Sound Design
    Jarrod Cooper, Lesego Madiba
  • Music
    Nebo Mafabatho, Ben Amato, SIbusile Xaba
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