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A house can be haunted by many things. Ghosts, spirits of the past, specific moments replaying themselves again and again. A home can also be haunted by something more complex, like the shadow of a collective past. A generational trauma that is unable to rest because the wounds have never fully healed.
That is the nature of the entity haunting the story of Good Madam. A South African film written and directed by Jenna Cato Bass, it tells the story of a family and a culture that have not fully broken free from the past. After a fight with her extended family over her late grandmother’s estate, Tsidi (Chumisa Cosa) is forced to move in with her estranged mother, Mavis (Nosipho Mtebe). Mavis works as a live-in housekeeper for a wealthy white woman in the suburbs of Cape Town. Tsidi is less than thrilled to be making the move,...
That is the nature of the entity haunting the story of Good Madam. A South African film written and directed by Jenna Cato Bass, it tells the story of a family and a culture that have not fully broken free from the past. After a fight with her extended family over her late grandmother’s estate, Tsidi (Chumisa Cosa) is forced to move in with her estranged mother, Mavis (Nosipho Mtebe). Mavis works as a live-in housekeeper for a wealthy white woman in the suburbs of Cape Town. Tsidi is less than thrilled to be making the move,...
- 7/14/2022
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
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