AFRICAN WARRIOR QUEENS
SUNDAY 19 MAY 2019
10:00 1h30
Doc Corner Screening Room
AFRICAN WARRIOR QUEENS
Category: South African Showcase
Directed by: Mary-Ann MANDISHONA
Produced by: Layla SWART, Jacintha DE NOBREGA (Matriarch Films)
Country of production: South Africa
Original title: Mambo Kazi
Completed in: January 2020
Main contact: Mary-Ann MANDISHONA - mandishona2002@yahoo.com
African Warrior Queens is an 80min feature length docu-drama celebrating and profiling eight powerful Matriarchs who defied the status quo and founded the greatest dynasties. We view how each Queen’s uncompromising personality set the tone for transformative revolution. Exploring each Queen’s personal journey, including their romantic entanglements and battles against forces of colonization and male dominated oppression.