While You Weren't Looking

Overview

Dez and Terri, a mixed-race couple married 20 years and adoptive parents, they are the trailblazing lesbians of the New South Africa. But, have these freedoms guaranteed them happiness? Asanda, their 18 year old adopted daughter, is the poster child for South Africa’s diversity but describes herself as “an experiment”, being made up as she goes along. She meets Shado, an enigmatic Tommy Boy from Khayalitsha, a township on the edge of Cape Town, and a different picture of the New South Africa emerges.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 28, 2015

Original language

English

Production

Puo Pha Productions,Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,Phat Free Films

Cast

Sandi Schultz,Jill Levenberg,Thishiwe Ziqubu,Lionel Newton,Tina Jaxa,Camilla Waldman,Terence Bridgett,Fezile Mpela,Petronella Tshuma,Pascual Wakefield

Director

Catherine Stewart

Writer

Matthew Krouse,Nodi Murphy,Vanessa Herman,Amy Jephta

Producer

Nodi Murphy,Sharon Jackson,Ananda Law

Cinematography

Amelia Henning

Budget

$595,441

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt4353990