precedes Dry Season

Meokgo and the Stickfighter
Sekalli le Meokgo

Austria , South Africa, 2006, 16 min
In Sotho with English subtitles

Directed By: Teboho Mahlatsi
Writer: Teboho Mahlatsi
Producer: Desiree Markgraaff
Cast: Mdudzi Mabaso, Terry Pheto

Equally inspired by Mozart's The Magic Flute, spaghetti westerns and the traditional myths of his South African childhood, writer/director Teboho Mahlatsi conceived this visually ravishing fable about a hermetic hero lured out of solitude by the sight of a beautiful woman only to be ambushed by an evil horseman.
 - Jesse Zigelstein

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