Home > Documentary >

Mariposa

AD:This title is currently not available on Prime Video

Mariposa (2022)

October. 03,2022
|
5.5
| Documentary Music

In 2021, aspiring chef Phelokazi Ndlwana was stabbed to death because she fought back against her rapist. She was targeted specifically because she was a proud black lesbian, beloved in her home community of Khayelitsha Township, South Africa, and the latest victim in a national epidemic of homophobic violence. Funeka Soldaat and her activist group Free Gender in Khayelitsha took the police to court, alleging incompetence and corruption in Phelokazi's case. Ndodana-Breen and Greyson have crafted an operatic cine-poem inspired by Phelokazi's story, featuring vocals by mezzo-soprano Chantelle Grant.

...
Watch on Prime Video

With 30 Day Free Trial!

Stream Now
AD:This title is currently not available on Prime Video

Mariposa

2022  / 0 hr 6 min

In 2021, aspiring chef Phelokazi Ndlwana was stabbed to death because she fought back against her rapist. She was targeted specifically because she was a proud black lesbian, beloved in her home community of Khayelitsha Township, South Africa, and the latest victim in a national epidemic of homophobic violence. Funeka Soldaat and her activist group Free Gender in Khayelitsha took the police to court, alleging incompetence and corruption in Phelokazi's case. Ndodana-Breen and Greyson have crafted an operatic cine-poem inspired by Phelokazi's story, featuring vocals by mezzo-soprano Chantelle Grant.

READ MORE

Watch Trailer

Director
John Greyson
Producted By
Greyzone
Watch on Prime Video

With 30 Day Free Trial!

Stream Now

Free Trial Channels

AD
Show More

Cast