AfricaOS: Tokoloshe + Blackwood (short)

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

Feature film - Tokoloshe

Busi, a young destitute woman with dangerously repressed emotions, lands a job as a cleaner at a rundown hospital in the heart of Johannesburg. Desperate for the money so she can bring her younger sister to Johannesburg, she must cope despite the predatory and corrupt hospital manager. When Busi discovers an abandoned young girl in the hospital, who believes she is tormented by a supernatural force, Busi must face her own demons from her past in order to save the child from the abusive monster that pursues them both relentlessly.

Directed by Jerome Pikwane

Short Film - Blackwood

Following mother and son, Mary and David, Blackwood is comedy-drama set in small town Australia. The film intertwines spoken word with traditional narrative form to explore the intricacies of family, self love and empowerment, and more subtly; the social politics that exist within Australia.

Directed by Kalu Oji

More details on the Africa on Screen Website

Rating

E