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The Documentary Filmmakers Association in collaboration with the Bioscope Independent Cinema invites you to this month’s free docLOVE screening of THE BREASTFEEDING WARRIOR, first episode in the TRUTH BE TOLD series. The screening will be followed by a special Q&A session with the filmmaker, Enver Samuel and the core character in the film, Thabang Mabuza.
Date: 25 October 2025 @ 14:00
Venue: The Bioscope Independent Cinema, 44 Stanley Ave, Milpark, Johannesburg
Booking: Purchase a “R20 Cafe Voucher” to reserve your seat for this screening. This will get you R20 off your Bioscope Cafe bill on this day.
About the film:
Truth Be Told is a six-part documentary series that puts South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process under the microscope thirty-one years after our democracy.
The first episode, The Breastfeeding Warrior, explores the murder of an Umkhonto we Sizwe soldier, Phila Portia Ndwandwe, who was only 23 years old when she was tortured and killed by apartheid security police in KwaZulu-Natal in 1988.
The documentary looks at Ndwandwe’s murder through the eyes of her son, Thabang Mabuza, now a chartered accountant in his 30s who suffers from transgenerational trauma and is still trying to cope with the loss and anguish caused by his mother’s death. Using heart-rending archival footage from the actual exhumation of Ndwandwe’s remains, TRC archive material and intimate interviews, the documentary explores issues of trauma, reconciliation, accountability and forgiveness in South Africa.
Director: Enver Samuel
Duration: 56 minutes
About docLOVE:
docLOVE hosts free monthly screenings around South Africa, celebrating and promoting the power of documentary film. We bring thought-provoking, relevant and important issues and topics to the fore and create an interactive space for engagement and debate, hosting facilitated discussions after each screening, featuring special guest speakers.
For more about the DFA please visit: https://docfilmsa.com/