Keiskamma – a Story of Love

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Country:South Africa

Director:Miki Redelinghuys

Program:African Panorama

Year: 
2007

Duration: 
90

Summary:

In the tiny Eastern Cape hamlet of Hamburg a fully-fledged war is being fought. Grandmothers, the hospice, the good doctor Carol and one called Eunice who is such an essential figure in the hospice that she forgets to look after herself, are fighting for hope, human dignity and the will to live. By means of parallel editing we follow the dramatic encounters with sick children and their relatives, but also the story of 130 village women who decided to work together on an altarpiece. They sewed a massive tapestry that narrates the history of the village’s struggle with the AIDS epidemic. This sensitive and studied portrait relays the strength, passion, tears and laughter of the wonderful characters in the altarpiece.