@bhlvisuals

A curating agency aiming to provide creative & accessible storytelling from the African diaspora by curating stories & storytelling experiences. 🇿🇦

 South Africa
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Reel to Reality Film Festival presents the 2026 film festival in partnership with @nfvfsa After 5 incredible years of hosting the festival across various venues and spaces, we widen our curation with this year’s theme, “An African City,”🌆 #ReelToReality #FilmFestival
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Mbali The Filmmaker.🎬@thevisualsisterOct 7
So honored to have commissioned the incredible @AphiweMame to reflect on one of the most prolific South African series, Isthunzi. I’m reminded of the importance of archiving, revisiting and celebrating brilliant SA stories bhlvisuals.com/blog/amaninja…
Behind Her Lens Visuals🍿#ReelToReality@bhlvisualsOct 7
Ten years later, Is’thunzi remains a remarkable study of Black girlhood and the cathedral-making that is the business of becoming. @AphiweMame reflects on the enduring legacy of Is’thunzi in “AmaNinja: Girls Who Refuse the Shadow,” Full article: bhlvisuals.com/blog/amaninja…
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Bonga Ntuli@PaperBoyINCOct 7
On the final episode right now and it's pretty solid!
Behind Her Lens Visuals🍿#ReelToReality@bhlvisualsOct 7
Ten years later, Is’thunzi remains a remarkable study of Black girlhood and the cathedral-making that is the business of becoming. @AphiweMame reflects on the enduring legacy of Is’thunzi in “AmaNinja: Girls Who Refuse the Shadow,” Full article: bhlvisuals.com/blog/amaninja…
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“Le indawo yezithunzi, wonke umuntu uyisithunzi salokhu angabayikho, kodwa hayi mina, ngiyaphuma la.” -Winnie Bhengu, Is’thunzi. @AphiweMame reflects on the enduring legacy of Is’thunzi in “AmaNinja: Girls Who Refuse the Shadow.” Full Article🔗: bhlvisuals.com/blog/amaninja…
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@AphiweMameOct 7
📺Ordinary lives deserve an archive. For Reel to Reality, I return to Is’thunzi and the AmaNinja: four Black girls whose friendship, dreams and refusals still move me, ten years later. Read my retrospective:
bhlvisuals.com/blog/amaninja…

'AmaNinja', Girls Who Refuse the Shadow | BHL Visuals

“Le indawo yezithunzi, wonke umuntu uyisithunzi salokhu angabayikho, kodwa hayi mina, ngiyaphuma la.” -Winnie Bhengu, Isthunzi

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Behind Her Lens Visuals🍿#ReelToReality@bhlvisualsOct 7
Ten years later, Is’thunzi remains a remarkable study of Black girlhood and the cathedral-making that is the business of becoming. @AphiweMame reflects on the enduring legacy of Is’thunzi in “AmaNinja: Girls Who Refuse the Shadow,” Full article: bhlvisuals.com/blog/amaninja…
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Mbali The Filmmaker.🎬@thevisualsisterOct 5
If anyone wants to catch the film, its screening tomorrow evening as part of Joburg Film Festival’s Film Society: thisisartistry.co.za/product…. A movie ticket comes with a complimentary meal
Mbali The Filmmaker.🎬@thevisualsisterMay 1
Colour from my short film, I Think I Should Say Something (2025)
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Ten years later, Is’thunzi remains a remarkable study of Black girlhood and the cathedral-making that is the business of becoming. @AphiweMame reflects on the enduring legacy of Is’thunzi in “AmaNinja: Girls Who Refuse the Shadow,” Full article: bhlvisuals.com/blog/amaninja…
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I Got My Brother🍿🎞️🎬 Showing on the 25th October in the Tender Ruptures session | 13:30 | Homecoming Centre Cape Town. #Reeltorealityfest
Behind Her Lens Visuals🍿#ReelToReality@bhlvisualsOct 5
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I Got My Brother - directed by Victor Gabriel  Two brothers reflect on their candid and often humorous memories of surviving the foster care system and prison, realizing along the way that their path to healing has always been each other.
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Reel to Reality Cape Town Film Sessions🎬🍿 Session 1 : Tender Ruptures A short film showcase exploring the complexity of intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships, through the lens of African and African diasporic filmmakers. Films in this session:
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Rite of Passage - directed by Katrina Binutu @ Katrina.binutu  The death of her aunt heightens Des’s desire for maternal closeness, but buried resentments unveiled in her mother-daughter therapy sessions test their fragile bond.
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The Nights Were Velvet - directed by Sara Gouveia  As actress Jane Mpholo prepares for an intensely personal solo performance, the boundaries between rehearsal and reality begin to blur. Confronted by echoes of her past, Jane is forced to reckon with buried memories.
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Melkbrood - directed by Winford Collings  Em returns home and hands her mother, Ma, an envelope containing a letter for her to read. However, instead of addressing the letter, Ma steers the conversation to her wish for Em to move back home and take over the family café.
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Spilled Milk - directed by Jared Leaf  What really happened to all those deadbeat dads who went to the store to get milk? A father’s innocent errand leads him to an encounter with an enigmatic figure called ‘The Milk Man,’ where things quickly go sour.
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Them That’s Not - directed by Mekhai Lee  Andrea “Drea” Stoney, a down-on-her-luck poet, finds herself at her grandmother’s repass, along with her seditty larger-than-life family. But Drea is sticking out like a sore thumb; she’s introspective, Queer, artistic and proudly Deaf.
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Betta Fish - directed by Louvinia Robinson  After graduating college, Elle returns home expecting a brief stay before beginning the life she has planned. When her mother’s decline fractures the household and she disappears, Elle becomes the caretaker for her younger sister.
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I Got My Brother - directed by Victor Gabriel  Two brothers reflect on their candid and often humorous memories of surviving the foster care system and prison, realizing along the way that their path to healing has always been each other.
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Reel to Reality Film Fest 2026 Presents Isthunzi: A Retrospective Panel | Amanda Lane An anchored conversation with key cast and crew, exploring the narrative background, character development and editorial process of shaping this story, from development to post production.
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Reel to Reality Film Fest 2026 Presents Isthunzi: A Retrospective Panel | Mmapula Letsoalo An anchored conversation with key cast and crew, exploring the narrative background, character development and editorial process of shaping this story, from development to post production.
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Reel to Reality Film Fest 2026 Presents Isthunzi: A Retrospective Panel | Tkay Kaula An anchored conversation with key cast and crew, exploring the narrative background, character development and editorial process of shaping this story, from development to post production.
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Reel to Reality Fest Presents Revisiting Isthunzi: A Retrospective Panel | Sdumo Mtshali An anchored conversation with key cast and crew, exploring the narrative background, character development and editorial process of shaping this story, from development to post production.
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Ms.
@AphiweMameSep 29
📺 Is’Thunzi (2016-2017). The pleasure of close viewing Is’Thunzi is realising how much it says about Black girlhood beyond the plot. Who gets to dream, how friendship becomes a place to rehearse the women they might become….
Behind Her Lens Visuals🍿#ReelToReality@bhlvisualsSep 22
Reel to Reality Film Festival introduces its inaugural Retrospective Programme and honors the SAFTA winning and Emmy nominated series, Isthunzi. Read more about the Retrospective Programme here 🔗: bhlvisuals.com/festival/2026 🎥: @Mzansimagic
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