Director
Mandla Dube
Cast list
Thabo Rametsi... Solomon
Thabo Malema... Mondy
Welile Nzuza... Tommy London
Jafta Mamabolo... Lucky
Louw Venter... Van Heerden
Fumani Shilubana... Lucas Mahlangu
Pearl Thusi... Brenda Riviera
Synopsis
Kalushi is a true story about Solomon Mahlangu, a 19-year-old hawker from the streets of Mamelodi, a ghetto township outside Pretoria, South Africa. After being brutally beaten by police during the 1976 Soweto uprisings, he goes into exile and joins the liberation movement; a series of violent events lead Mahlangu on a journey that culminates in his being forced to stand trial for his life, using the courtroom as his final battlefield. A hero of the struggle against apartheid, Mahlangu would become an international icon of South Africa’s liberation.
Reviews
Grootboom, Jamal. "Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu - Movie Review." IOL (online news collective)