Set in past and present South Africa, Milisuthando is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary on love and what it means to become human in the context of race, explored through the memories of Milisuthando who grew up during Apartheid, but didn’t know it was happening until it was over. The story braids together three different worlds – the now defunct Republic of Transkei, East London in the 1990s new South Africa, and her adult life in Johannesburg. Spanning 30 years in a non-linear manner, the film is a meditation on difficult questions about power, fear, intimacy, and love as it relates to race. A roving feminine lens takes the viewer into the interiors of the new South Africa and its relationship with its past.
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