Jana Cilliers Movies

Suzannah teaches at one of the very few racially mixed schools in apartheid-era South Africa. One of her more appealing students is the intensely Afrocentric black activist named Tsepo, who asserts that the white European culture has not contributed anything of value to the world. While Suzannah has been teaching at school, her very susceptible husband Felipe has been falling under the spell of a femme fatale, a radical terrorist of the white-rule movement, and soon Felipe is arrested along with his female mentor for violent crimes. However, the woman terrorist has some political strings to pull that Felipe doesn't, and he is soon left alone to stand trial on the charges against him. Meanwhile, Tsepo has also been hauled into prison. Suzannah only learns of her husband's perfidy when his arrest is reported on television, in this earnest drama about the complexities of South African life not so very long ago. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Alex (Jana Cilliers) is a sexually confused female journalist in this low-budget social drama. She is not quite sure if she loves the revolutionary activist Michael (Wayne Bowman) for himself or his dedication to the cause. She loves Dorothy (Sandra Prinsloo) but fears if she follows her heart in a lesbian relationship she will end up a fawning caricature like Dorothy's lover Mabel (Joanna Weinberg). Although she has been jailed in the battle against racial discrimination, Alex is not sure her efforts have made a difference to the Africans she defends. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide