And She Didn't Die | Encounters SA International Doc Film Festival
10 PG
Feature
African

African Premiere

Screenings – CT

Ster-Kinekor V&ASun 22 June 2pm+ Q&A
Bertha IsiWed 25 June 6pm

Screenings – Jozi

Zone @ RosebankFri 27 June 6.15pm+ Q&A


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This important documentary provides an account of the extraordinary life of Lauretta Ngcoboโ€”a rural South African storyteller turned revolutionary, political exile, and celebrated feminist writer. Directed by her daughter, Kethiwe Ngcobo, the film blends its rich collection of archive materials with re-enactments, contemporary interviews, and readings from Laurettaโ€™s books. As Kethiwe gathers together the various strands of her motherโ€™s life, her own narrative gradually becomes woven into the film, the lives of mother and daughter intertwining in a complex family history. The film follows Lauretta from her role as a courier for the then-banned Pan African Congress to her time as a mother raising her children alone in exile, exploring the twin impacts of her consciousness being shaped first by South Africaโ€™s liberation struggle and then by her feminist awakening in the UK. And She Didnโ€™t Die celebrates the power of storytelling as an act of resistance, resilience, remembrance and defiance.

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