Velabahleke (Come with a Smile) High School in Umlazi township outside Durban may be the only school in the country that starts at 06h30am and finishes at 16h00 and where students are racing to get there on time! Mbongeni Mtshali the principal, has created an oasis of excellence for hundreds of learners, and where students, staff and community are doggedly determined that they not "be slaves to their backgrounds". Amazulu is a powerful and inspiring narrative which captures their dream of freedom through the only weapon they have - education.

English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video.


Réalisateurs : Hannan Majid and Richard York, South Africa/ UK, 2006


27ème Festival International du Film de Durban | DURBAN, Afrique du Sud | 14-27 Juin 2006 | www.ukzn.ac.za/cca/ |
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Velabahleke (Come with a Smile) High School in Umlazi township outside Durban may be the only school in the country that starts at 06h30am and finishes at 16h00 and where students are racing to get there on time! Mbongeni Mtshali the principal, has created an oasis of excellence for hundreds of learners, and where students, staff and community are doggedly determined that they not "be slaves to their backgrounds". Amazulu is a powerful and inspiring narrative which captures their dream of freedom through the only weapon they have - education.

English and Zulu with English subtitles, Video.

directors: Hannan Majid and Richard York, South Africa/ UK, 2006


Running Time: 92 mins, Language: English & Zulu Subtitles: English Country Of Production: South Africa, UK, Financed By: Leeds Metropolitan University & Northern Film School Foundation

Production Crew: Denise York: Producer & Executive Producer, Hannan Majid: Co-Director & Cinematographer, Richard York: Co-Director & Associate Producer, Nico Millar: Cinematographer, Elisa Cherene: Editor, Ben Holliday: Sound Design


Festivals:

Medimed 2007

SABC Africa On Screen Film Festival 2007


AlJazeera International Documentary Film Festival 2007

27th Durban International Film Festival | DURBAN, Afrique du Sud | 14-27 June 2006 | www.ukzn.ac.za/cca/ |
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Zithengi Film Market 2006

Cape Town International Film festival 2006

Closing Film Cambridge African Film Festival 2006