Gugu and Andile

South African film
  • Daphney Hlomuka
  • Neil McCarthy
  • Litha Booi
  • Lungelo Dhladhla
  • Jabulani Hadebe (Sjava)
  • Harriet Lenabe
CinematographyGreg HeimannEdited byCatherine MeyburghMusic byWarrick Sony
Production
companies
Lunar Films, Fireworks Media
Running time
96 minutesCountrySouth AfricaLanguagesZulu, XhosaBudget3,500,000 ZAR (estimated)

UGugu no Andile is a 2008 South African drama film directed by Minky Schlesinger, and starring Daphney Hlomuka, Neil McCarthy & Lungelo Dhladhla. The film received 10 nominations and won 3 awards at the 2009 Africa Movie Academy Awards, including the awards for Best film in an African language, Most Promising Actor and Most Promising Actress. It was also a competitor in the Best TV Feature category at the 2009 FESPACO film festival in Burkina Faso, the oldest and largest film festival on the African Continent.[1][2][3]

The story is set in South Africa in 1993, during the upheaval in the struggle for democracy. A sixteen-year-old Zulu girl Gugu is in love with a Xhosa boy Andile, against the wishes of their respective communities.

Cast

  • Daphney Hlomuka – Ma'Lizzie
  • Neil McCarthy – Father John
  • Litha Booi – Andile Mcilongo
  • Lungelo Dhladhla – Gugu Dlamini
  • Jabulani Hadebe – Mandla Dlamini
  • Harriet Lenabe – Busi Dlamini
  • Mac Mathunjwa – Bishop Mbengashe
  • Thandy Matlaila – Patricia

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Gugu and Andile Director: MINKY SCHLESINGER". Sentinel Poetry (Vol 4 No1). October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Gugu and Andile on Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Gugu and Andile on the iMDB". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
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