THANDO

THANDO

2021 · 54 min · Romance

After Reza, a non-binary rising performing artist from a township in Soweto, begins to settle into Johannesburg, Mase, a writer struggling to understand his identity, unexpectedly arrives into his life. They begin to reveal intimate vulnerabilities that both aren’t willing to confront, and as they fall in and out of reality, both discover the endless opportunities to create uninhibited joy out of their past traumas.

Directed by Twiggy Matiwana · Written by Tutu Zondo

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