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THANDO IS a cinematic meditation on black QUEER love.

SYNOPSIS

After Reza, a non-binary rising performing artist from a township in Soweto, begins to settle into Johannesburg when Mase, a writer struggling to understand his identity, unexpectedly arrives into his life. Through their brief introduction they suddenly begin to reveal intimate vulnerabilities that both aren’t willing to confront. As they fall in and out of reality, both discover the endless opportunities to create uninhibited joy out of their past traumas. THANDO asks us to imagine a world where Black queer love is universally celebrated and protected. Join Reza and Mase on a cinematic meditation on black love, vulnerability and the pursuit of joy.

THANDO IS CREATED WITH LOVE BY

ELIJAH MCKINNON

ELIJAH MCKINNON

ELIJAH MCKINNON

LOVER // WARRIOR// VISIONARY 

WRITER // PRODUCER

PILOT 

@ELIJAA_

TUTU ZONDO

ELIJAH MCKINNON

ELIJAH MCKINNON

HEALER // NURTURER // MOBILIZER

WRITER / PRODUCER 

CO-PILOT

@TUTUZONDO

THANDO OFFICIAL TEASER

thando virtual screenings & conversations

4/26/20

(Re)Defining Black Queer Love: Virtual Screening + Talkback

7:00PM

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8:30PM

via zoom

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4/26/20

(Re)Defining Black Queer Love: Virtual Screening + Talkback

Join the LGBTQIA+ Resource Center and QPOC Resource Center at DePaul University for an exclusive, virtual screening of THANDO, a cinematic m...

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7:00PM

-

8:30PM

via zoom

ARCHIVED CONVO

CONVO: ThePleasureHour: Love X Yourself

WATCH ON IGTV

via @prep4love

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ARCHIVED CONVO

CONVO: ThePleasureHour: Love X Yourself

How do you make space to love yourself? Tune in via IGTV for a discussion on setting boundaries that will help you cultivate a practice of s...

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WATCH ON IGTV

via @prep4love

ARCHIVED CONVO

Native Son Black Gay Love Sessions

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via @nativeson

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ARCHIVED CONVO

Native Son Black Gay Love Sessions

Join Elijah McKinnon in conversation with Emil Wilbekin of Native Son about all things THANDO, Black and more. 

WATCH VIA YOUTUBE

via @nativeson

ARCHIVED CONVO

CONVO: #ThePleasureHour: Love X Partnership

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via @prep4love

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ARCHIVED CONVO

CONVO: #ThePleasureHour: Love X Partnership

Partnership is constantly evolving. How are you making space to show up for you and your loved one? Tune into this IGTV  as Elijah McKinnon ...

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via @prep4love

ARCHIVED CONVO

CONVO: Thando - A Universal Kind of Love

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via @weareotv

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ARCHIVED CONVO

CONVO: Thando - A Universal Kind of Love

We invite you to listen to join Elijah McKinnon and Tutu Zondo on IGTV as they talk about the making go THANDO. 

WATCH VIA IGTV

via @weareotv

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CAST & CREW

QUINTON SEAN MANNING

QUINTON SEAN MANNING

QUINTON SEAN MANNING

// REZA //

ZOLANI SHANGASE

QUINTON SEAN MANNING

QUINTON SEAN MANNING

// MASE //

TREYVONE MOO

QUINTON SEAN MANNING

TREYVONE MOO

// DUTCHESS //

THSIAMO

TWIGGY MATIWANA

TREYVONE MOO

// NILA //

GARRY CHAGWE

TWIGGY MATIWANA

TWIGGY MATIWANA

// MAKGATI //

TWIGGY MATIWANA

TWIGGY MATIWANA

TWIGGY MATIWANA

DIRECTOR

NYEMBEZI NCABA

NYEMBEZI NCABA

NYEMBEZI NCABA

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

VANESSA MARIAH

NYEMBEZI NCABA

NYEMBEZI NCABA

LOCATION SOUND

JOE VON HUTCH

NYEMBEZI NCABA

JOE VON HUTCH

// PRODUCTION ASSITANT //

TEANE MASEKO

AYMAR JEAN CHRISTIAN

JOE VON HUTCH

// COMPOSER //

DEMETRIUS BARRY

AYMAR JEAN CHRISTIAN

AYMAR JEAN CHRISTIAN

// editor //

AYMAR JEAN CHRISTIAN

AYMAR JEAN CHRISTIAN

AYMAR JEAN CHRISTIAN

// EXECUTIVE PRODUCER //

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