Venda film wins big at Cannes Film Festival
JOHANNESBURG - A Limpopo film has won the Best African Film at the Cannes Film Festival.
'Lubunyu, a Village Under Terror' tells of the harsh realities of gender-based violence and femicide.
The movie was shot in the heart of Venda by Tshwane University of Technology alumnus Murena Emmanuel Netshitangani.
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