Set in 1976 apartheid South Africa, Letters of Hope tells the story of 16-year-old Jeremiah, whoreally 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 lettersfrom freedom fighters in exile and prison. Will Jeremiah step up to take over from where hisfather 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 <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/7dbfb8778b5354553f4b50e14314360b.jpg" width="215">

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

When Sibongile misses her son’s academic award ceremony she promises to make it up to him by leaving work early the next day to celebrate with him. But when she wakes up the next morning her son is missing. On that very day, she makes another promise to Cassandra — the little girl whose parents she works for — to come and watch her in her school play the next week. Despite the stress of a missing son, Sibongile puts on a brave face at work so that she may keep her promise to her son by coming home early. Contain some scenes with suggested violence

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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Letters of Hope (plus bonus short film Umama)

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