When Tsotsi, the powerful film about the quest for redemption in the life of a black teenage African thief, won the Best Foreign Film award at this year’s Academy Awards, South Africa and its growing film industry were firmly thrust into the media spotlight.
Based on the novel by renowned South African writer Athol Fugard, the cinematic version, set in present day Africa and focusing on the highly topical issues of poverty and AIDS, garnered audience attention and industry support on an international level.
