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The Hangman ()


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When the truth of his Father's disappearance is brought to the surface on the eve of his execution, Khetha, a prison warder in Pretoria South Africa must either choose forgiveness or live forever with regret of failing to accept the truth.

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Thato Dhladla ...
Khetha Mdlethse
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Mfundisi Mdlethse
Lerato Mvelase ...
Sizakele Mdlethse
Mxolisi Matlabe ...
Young Khetha Mdlethse

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Zwelethu Radebe

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Zwelethu Radebe ... (written by)

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Tebogo Keebine ... executive producer
Dumisani Mvumvu ... producer
Kearan Pennells ... executive producer
Kearan Pennells ... executive producer

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Grant Booth ... (original music by)

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Ofentse Mwase ... director of photography

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William Kalmer ... (edited by)

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Nelisiwe Mwase ... Production Co-ordinator

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Rebekah Louisa Smith ... film festival strategist

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Plot Summary

Set in the Gallows Pretoria in 1989 about family secret that destroyed a son's love for his father and he's journey to finding out the truth. In 1976 Mfundisi, a father to Khetha (11), realizes the late hour and no return of his wife Sizakele from work. Mfundisi decides to leave Khetha at home in search of her. When Sizakhele returns in a battered and bloodied state, a distraught Khetha learns from his mother that his father will never return. Khetha is never told the details of what caused his father's disappearance, this causes a disjointed idea of his father actions that night which haunts him throughout his youth into adulthood. Several years later Khetha finds work as a prison warder in the Pretoria's Maximum Prison death row facility. When a prisoner is transferred from C-Max into Death Row Khetha learns that this is his father. Khetha chooses to conceal his identity from his father and begins a campaign of reprisal chastising Mfundisi covertly through the prison system in the weeks before his execution. When the truth of Mfundisi's disappearance is brought to the surface on the eve of his execution, Khetha must either choose forgiveness or live forever with regret of failing to accept the truth. Written by Radebe Zwelethu

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  • The Hangman (South Africa)
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  • 30 min
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Budget ZAR450,000 (estimated)

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