Gugu and Andile

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{{Infobox film

| name = UGugu no Andile

| image = Gugu and Andile.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Release Poster

| director = Minky Schlesinger

| producer = Bridget Pickering

| writer = Lodi Matsetela

| screenplay =

| story =

| narrator =

| starring = {{unbulleted list|Daphney Hlomuka|Neil McCarthy|Litha Booi|Lungelo Dhladhla|Jabulani Hadebe (Sjava)|Harriet Lenabe}}

| music = Warrick Sony

| cinematography = Greg Heimann

| editing = Catherine Meyburgh

| studio = Lunar Films, Fireworks Media

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = South Africa

| language = Zulu, Xhosa

| budget = 3,500,000 ZAR (estimated)

| gross =

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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.{{cite web | url=http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/slq/4-1-oct2010/interviews/tinashe-mushakavanhu.html | title=Interview with Gugu and Andile Director: MINKY SCHLESINGER | publisher=Sentinel Poetry (Vol 4 No1) | date=October 2010 | accessdate=19 March 2014 | archive-date=18 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018193456/http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/slq/4-1-oct2010/interviews/tinashe-mushakavanhu.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gugu-and-andile/ | title=Gugu and Andile on Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | accessdate=19 March 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1432936/ | title=Gugu and Andile on the iMDB | publisher=Internet Movie Database | accessdate=19 March 2014}}

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

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