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WOW! - Rough Aunties

Kim Longinotto, 2008, 103 mins

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2009 

Kim Longinotto (Hold Me Tight Let Me Go, ers-in-Law) triumphs again with this powerful story of the feisty, resolute Rough Aunties, the remarkable women who protect and care for the abused and neglected children of Durban. Getting up close and personal she shows how these incredible women wage a daily battle against apathy and corruption, supporting the victims and each other through terrible traumas. Neither politics, nor social or racial divisions stand a chance against the united force of these fearless women. From one of British cinema's unsung heroes, this is an intense, gutwrenching portrait of positive change that makes for an inspiring, hopeful experience despite its apparently tragic subject.