Réal : Jo Menell

Thembi – effervescent, beautiful, confident, brave, eloquent, ambitious, and HIV positive. Her humour, forthright nature and inner strength enchanted a 50 million strong audience on US National Public Radio and forced people far and wide, humble and famous to listen to her sound logic as the voice of a generation South Africa’s politicians had forsaken. The film documents her daily life in Khayelitsha (a township just outside Cape Town) and the physical, social and emotional struggle of living with HIV. Thembi finds, somehow, joy and hope in the midst of darkness and despair. This is Thembi’s story!

Director: Jo Menell
Country: South Africa
Language: English, Xhosa with English Subtitles
Runtime: 52 Minutes

Contact
Richard Mills, producer
Street Stories Films
T: +27 (0)21 481 8008
E: [email protected]

Parental Guidance – Course Language

Awards
South African International Documentary Film Festival – Joint winner: Best Audience Award for a South African Film 2010