Magdaleen, a lonely widow in her 70s, creates an imaginary version of her deceased husband to numb the sadness and pain. After being so overwhelmed with her memories for so long, she desperately tries to re-enter the outside world and see the sea again that she has been longing for for months now.

Leemtes en Leegheid

Magdaleen, a lonely widow in her 70s, creates an imaginary version of her deceased husband to numb the sadness and pain.

Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers have been fighting a battle to be recognised as formal labourers for a few years now. Luyanda Hlatshwayo, is one of an estimated 6,000 informal waste-pickers in Johannesburg who live off other people’s garbage in what the World Bank calls the most unequal country on earth. The 35-year-old university dropout often makes the 9-kilometre trip on an empty stomach and pulls about 200-250kg of weight a day.

The Reclaimers

An Intimate portrayal of the street recyclers saving the city of Johannesburg $47million a year, and how they’re hopes and dreams were almost crushed by the covid pandemic.

Ulwandle is a documentary film telling the stories of two lives from the East and West Coasts of South Africa bound the a changing ocean.

Ulwandle

Ulwandle is a documentary film telling the stories of two lives from the East and West Coasts of South Africa bound the a changing ocean.

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Shorts Collection - Leemtes en Leegheid, Ulwandle & The Reclaimers

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