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MONGIWEKHAYA
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Mongiwekhaya is a writer, performer and director with Handspring Puppet Company and currently performing in the international tour of Ubu And The Truth Commission. Previous work includes Kaggan Dreams (Handspring Trust); Fallen, The Feather Collector (Grahamstown Festival). He is currently Artist in Residence for Center for Humanities Research (CHR) at the Univeristy of Western Cape and a member of the newly formed SA Playriot group.
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I See YouI See You
Synopsis:
I don't need your sorries white boy, yes. You heard right. You know white people think we are the same? We both look black. But only one of us is black Post-Apartheid South Africa, after dark. Ben meets Skinn for a night out. But the party is interrupted by the police. Ben, a young student who doesn't know his own history, is accused of a crime he didn't commit. And Officer Buthelezi, a former freedom fighter, can't let it go. Based on a real encounter. "Speak to me in your mother-tongue and I will let you go."
Notes:
I See You (English) Ngiyakubona (Zulu) Ek Sien Jou (Afrikaans) Ndiyakubona (Xhosa)
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International Playwrights: A Genesis Foundation Project
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Play/Drama
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Male: 6 Female: 1 Other: -
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