Rough Aunties
plus director Q&A
Filmmaker: Kim Longinotto
UK / 2009 / 103 min / English
Awards: Winner: Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2009
ICA Cinema 1, March 7, 2.30pm & ICA Cinema 2, March 9, 6.15pm
A celebration of the strength and compassion of the ‘Rough Aunties’ who care, and fight, for South Africa’s abused children, from one of the world’s best documentary makers.
Caring for Durban's abused children and fighting for their rights in equally fierce measures, the women behind Bobbi Bear are a force to be reckoned with. Strong, passionate and fearless, they show an unbounded capacity for love and empathy in the face of harrowing work and personal tragedies. Rough Aunties (Grand Jury Prize, Sundance 2009) handles painfully raw subject matter with honesty and respect – a testament to the unerring wisdom and compassion of the 'Rough Aunties' of Bobbi Bear.
Kim Longinotto
From Divorce Iranian Style (Grand Prize for Best Documentary, San Francisco, 1998) to Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (a highlight of BEV 2008), Kim Longinotto’s films are the benchmark for heartfelt, but never patronising, social issue documentaries.
Screening in partnership with Branchage Film Festival, kicks off a campaign to raise awareness and funds for Bobbi Bear
Click here to read Kim Longinotto's 12th February 2010 interview in the Guardian on her career and Rough Aunties.
