Gugu and Andile
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| Directed by | Minky Schlesinger |
| Produced by | Bridget Pickering |
| Written by | Lodi Matsetela |
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| Music by | Warrick Sony |
| Cinematography | Greg Heimann |
| Edited by | Catherine Meyburgh |
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Lunar Films, Fireworks Media
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | Zulu, Xhosa |
| Budget | 3,500,000 ZAR (estimated) |
Gugu and 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.
The story is set in South Africa in 1993, during the upheaval in the struggle for democracy. A sixteen-year-old Zulu boy Gugu is in love with a Xhosa girl Andile, against the wishes of their respective communities.
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