THE TAILORED SUIT

The film examines the period of the 1950’s Sophiatown and its socio-cultural legacy, pertaining to race and gender in South Africa & was inspired by the seminal work by Can Themba, titled “The Suit”. Through engagement with Themba’s text, the film responds to the representations of black femininity in The Suit, the film, The Tailored Suit, privileges the black woman, Matilda’s, articulations. It thus functions to foreground the agency of marginalised subjects. The Film was Written, Directed & Edited by Kitso Lynn Lelliott.