SILENCE SPEAKS: The Unseen Voice opens uMgungundlovu Film Festival with deaf empowerment story
By Sitha Maliwa:
A hush is expected to fall over the Voortrekker Museum on November 14 as the lights dim and the first frame of The Unseen Voice flickers onto the screen - marking the opening of the 7th uMgungundlovu Film Festival (UFF). This year, the festival roars to life under the bold theme, “Imagine the World in My Image,” with a story that pierces the heart and ignites urgent conversations about inclusion and humanity.
More than just a film festival, UFF has become a sanctuary for stories often silenced - a space where the unseen, the unheard, and the uncelebrated take centre stage. And what better way to open this year’s edition - which coincides with Disability Rights Awareness Month - than with a film that gives voice to those society t...