The Letter on DIFF – My View by Robyn Sassen and other writers

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MATRIARCH, with fire in her belly, scepticism in her heart: Margaret Kamango. Photograph courtesy http://www.variety.com

“YOU ARE THE cause of all the problems in this society, and we are going to kill you.” This is the gist of the kind of letters to which Maia Lekow and Christopher King’s compelling Kenyan documentary The Letter refers. Featured on this year’s Durban International Film Festival, this piece tells the story of the Kamanga family through the eyes and urgency of Karisa Kamanga, a young man who lives and works in Mombasa but receives news that takes him back to his rural village, Kaloleni.

But more than a personal tale of immense sadness in the face of a relentless and ageist society rotten with greed and legalism, this work opens up the monstrosity of witch hunts, false prophets and how fear is engendered among the superstitious. It’s a brutal foray into what an elderly person in the area must face, but also represents a leap and a hop to the…

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