Ayanda
Sign in to saveAyanda is a 2015 South African film directed by Sara Blecher and starring Fulu Mugovhani, OC Ukeje, and Nthati Moshesh. The festival title of the film was Ayanda and the Mechanic. The film was picked up for a November 2015 release by independent film distribution company ARRAY. The film received positive reviews.
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6.0A coming of age story of a twenty one year old Afro hipster, who embarks on a journey of self discovery trying to keep the memory of her father alive, when she's thrown into a world of greasy overalls, gender stereotypes and abandoned vintage cars in need of a young woman's re inventive touch who tries to reclaim what would've been, what could've been.
Released: 2015-06-13105 minDir: Sara BlecherDrama, Romance
Cast
- Fulu Moguvhani as Ayanda
- OC Ukeje as David
- Nthati Moshesh as Dorothy
- Jafta Mamabolo as Lenaka
- Kenneth Nkosi as Zama
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Key dates
- Published
- 2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- South Africa
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sara Blecher
- Cast member
- O. C. Ukeje
- Duration
- +105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 169440
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Plot
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Ayanda is a 2015 South African film directed by Sara Blecher and starring Fulu Mugovhani, OC Ukeje, and Nthati Moshesh. The festival title of the film was Ayanda and the Mechanic. The film was picked up for a November 2015 release by independent film distribution company ARRAY. The film received positive reviews.
==Plot== A photographer captures photos and stories of Africans in Yeoville, South Africa, centered largely around Ayanda, a young designer working out of her late father's garage. When Ayanda's mother and her mother's best friend disclose a need to sell the garage, Ayanda, not willing to let go of her father's memory, undertakes a scheme to refurbish old cars to save the business with the help of two loyal mechanics. The film explores the strain Ayanda's endeavor causes within her group of family and friends pitting her obsessive desire to retain everything of her father's against their attempts to move on.