Portrait of a Young Man Drowning
South Africa
1999
11 Min
Color, Black and White
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
With his side bleeding, a man called Shadow limps through a black and white landscape of burned out buildings, funeral processions, and memories that are in color. He wants to bathe, to clean his wound, but he finds no one willing to let him use their water. The residents of the township capture a young man accused of rape. The two men’s paths cross and Shadow’s place in society is revealed. Will the blood wash off? —IMDb
Director
Teboho Mahlatsi
Completing his film internship in 1993, Teboho wrote and directed many projects including the award-winning GHETTO DIARIES. In 1999, together with Angus Gibson, he wrote and directed the highly controversial 13 part series, YIZO YIZO – winning Best Director and Best Drama Series at the Avanti Awards – South Africa’s equivalent of the Emmys.
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN DROWNING – a short film he wrote and directed, won the coveted Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1999. In 2000, he completed a short television series – UNGSHAYA DING DONG – and developed, co-wrote and directed the second season of YIZO YIZO. Yizo Yizo 2 has gone on to win multiple awards throughout the world, been invited to festivals and museums and studied at universities such as NYU and Cambridge.
Teboho has been honoured by the ANC youth league for his directing work and was awarded the coveted “Tribute entertainment achiever award” by President Thabo Mbeki.
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