A collaboration between Faith XLVII and Koleka Putuma.
"South African women are brave. Strong. And not just a little strong.
They are strong down to their bone marrow. They have known great great suffering. And still they sing.
What an honor it's been to know such women!
I've been humbled in my life again and again by the sheer resilience of friends. The pain is inexplicable . In the first 3 weeks of lockdown more than 120 000 cases of Gender Based Violence were reported across the country. We are exhausted from the news each week.
Our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, our children violated, abused and murdered.
Working on this project alongside Koleka Putuma is not something I take lightly, Koleka is a force. Her words break up open in order to really have real conversations about what’s happening."
Words by Liberty Du, who is widely recognized as Faith47 / Faith XLVII, is a South African Multi-Disciplinary Artist. Her journey into art began on the streets of South Africa in 1979, as a young graffiti writer taking on the name Faith47.
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Curator | Bronwyn Lace
Production Manager | Shruthi Nair
Designer | Carina Comrie
Musician | Ulothixo omkhulu by Umthwakazi
Drone Footage | Chris-Waldo de Wet
Cinematography and Editing | Jarryd Kleinhans and Noah Cohen
Cinematography Intern | Bukhosibakhe Kelvin Khoza
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi
Sound Designer & Engineer | Zain Vally
Assistance & Transportation | Boss Lekhoaba