The Mothers’ House
Francois Verster
2006 - Afrique du Sud - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - 76'
Photography : Francois Verster
Sound : Francois Verster
Editing : Peter Neal
Production : Luna Films, Undercurrent Film
Distribution : Undercurrent Film and Television (stephan@isotrope.co.za, +27 21 461 4211)
Francois Verster
2006 - Afrique du Sud - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - 76'
The Mothers’ House is a record of four years in the life of Miché, a teenage girl growing into womanhood in post-apartheid South Africa. Living with her mother and grandmother in Bonteheuwel, a "coloured" township outside Cape Town, she has to face not only life in a community troubled by gangsterism and drug abuse, but also what it means to break the unbearable cycle of emotional and physical violence imprisoning her own family. The Mothers’ House gives the viewer a powerful insight into three generations of women striving to untie the knots that bind and to find peace and love amongst all the hurt and anger within their community and themselves.
Photography : Francois Verster
Sound : Francois Verster
Editing : Peter Neal
Production : Luna Films, Undercurrent Film
Distribution : Undercurrent Film and Television (stephan@isotrope.co.za, +27 21 461 4211)