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Synopsis
Set in Johannesburg in 1968, the story follows Khuthala, a young man reluctant to inherit his father’s laundry business. As apartheid-era restrictions intensify and Black-owned enterprises come under threat, he finds himself caught between his aspiration to become a musician and the need to protect the family’s only source of income and stability.
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Zamo Mkhwanazi is a South African screenwriter and director from Durban. After studying sociology and advertising, she made her television debut with the award-winning series Isidingo and has produced over 200 hours of programming broadcast in South Africa. Winner of the Multichoice scholarship, she trained at the New York Film Academy and La Fémis. Her short films Philia, The Call, and Gallo Rojo have been screened at major festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Toronto, Cannes, and Sundance. In 2019, she produced Sadla through her company Kude Media. The Laundry is her first feature film, developed at the Torino Script Lab.
