1 July 2022
Meet Melusi (2022)
Meet Melusi is a moving story of fatherhood and finding the real meaning of life. After losing everything when he’s accused of bribery, Aubrey discovers what fatherhood means when he’s introduced to a 16-year-old boy he is told is his illegitimate son.
Directed by Black Brain Films co-founder Mandla N (2021 SAFTA winners Loving Thokoza and Lockdown), Meet Melusi stars four-time SAFTA winner and Monte-Carlo Golden Nymph nominee Mothusi Magano (Blood Psalms, The Lab, Emoyeni) as Aubrey.
Triple SAFTA winner Linda Sebenzo (Gauteng Maboneng, Isibaya), SAFTA winner Kenneth Nkosi (Reyka, Five Fingers for Marseilles), award-winner Nqobile “Nunu” Khumalo (Nqobile, Scandal) and newcomer Lungile Khumo co-star.
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