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While You Weren't Looking

Country: South Africa, Language: English, 103 mins

  • Director: Catherine Stewart
  • Writer: Vanessa Herman
  • Producer: Sharon Jackson; Amanda Law

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WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING is an original story, set in Cape Town. The protagonists are gay and lesbian, from all walks of life, whose intertwining tales present a humourous, inventive and dramatic take on contemporary life in South Africa. It is through the eyes and experiences of a cross-section of queers - black, white and coloured, cruisy singles, married couples with children, city and township dwellers, apartheid survivors and born frees, professionals and skollies - that we see the South African contemporary landscape unfold.


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Cast & Characters

Sibongile Mlambo as Female student;
Sandi Schultz as Dez;
Thishiwe Ziqubu as Shado;
Lionel Newton as Mack;
Terence Bridgett as Tiny;
Tina Jaxa as Milly;
Petronella Tshuma as Asanda;
Jill Levenberg as Yasmin;
Fezile Mpela as Joe;
Malefane Mosuhi as Gift