South Africa / 2008 / 24mins / Documentary / English and Ndebele

Martine and Thandeka follows the stories of two women, one Congolese and one Zimbabwean, both caught up in the furor of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa and struggling to redefine their uncertain futures.

Xoliswa Sithole

Xoliswa Sithole is a BAFTA and Peabody award winning producer and filmmaker, born in Apartheid-era South Africa and raised in Zimbabwe. A member of the British Film and Television Academy, she is also the first South African to be awarded a British Academy Television Award. She began her career as an actress, before moving on to working as a director and producer, garnering critical praise and multiple prestigious awards. Sithole has acted in such films as Cry Freedom, Mandela, Fools, and Chikin Biznis. She has produced and researched several documentaries such as South Africa from Triumph to Transition and Nelson Mandela for CNN Prime Time, and the hit 13-part South African television series Real Lives. She has also produced and starred in Shouting Silent (2002), a documentary about female AIDS orphans. Her 2018 documentary, Standing on Their Shoulders is a historical journey through time that connects female resistance movements in South Africa. Learn More