The mothers' house / by Francois Verster.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Verster, François, author.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--South Africa--Bonteheuwel.

Youth.

South Africa--Social conditions--1994-.

South Africa.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2006.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Astonishingly intimate, this festival film is a record of four years in the life of Miche, a charming and precocious teenager growing into womanhood in a township outside Cape Town. She has to face not only life in a "colored" community beset by gangsterism and drug abuse, but also the toughness and anger within her own family : three generations of women who have survived the struggle against Apartheid, the lack of supportive men, the threat of HIV and dim prospects for a better life.The film is honest without being maudlin. Miche is in many ways an ordinary high school girl: she has her ears pierced for the first time, hosts her first dancing party, and finds her first boyfriend. But having to bear responsibility for her HIV positive mother, and the well-being of her younger siblings ,forces her to be strong beyond her years. When the pressure becomes too great she leaves home, but finally realizes the love that binds them, and returns.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

African Film Festival, Cologne, 2006

Best Documentary, Cape Town World Cinema Festival, 2005

HotDocs, Toronto, 2006

One World Festival, Prague, 2006

Silverdocs, 2006

OCLC:

747798543

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.