Tsietsi, My Hero (2006)

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“Tsietsi, My Hero” is the tragic life story of Tsietsi Mashinini, the unsung hero of the ’76 Soweto student uprisings that brought Soweto to a standstill and launched the final 18-year phase that led to the end of apartheid. Courageous and articulate, Tsietsi became a symbol of the black consciousness movement. As the apartheid government’s most wanted man in 1976, he was forced into exile and died under mysterious circumstances, never to harvest the fruits of freedom in his homeland.

Festival Screenings:
Silver Docs, Washington DC, USA (2006) - selected
Encounters Film Festival, South Africa (2006) - selected
African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, Italy (2007) – In Competition
Northern Lights Film Festival, UK (2008)- selected

Broadcasts:
ARTE/ZDF (France/Germany), SBS (Australia), SABC.