New Southern African Film Series: The Forgotten Kingdom

The Forgotten Kingdom tells the story of a young man, Atang (Zenzo Ngqobe), who leaves Jozi to return to Lesotho where he must bury his estranged father in the remote mountainous village where he was born. He falls in love with his childhood friend, Dineo (Nozipho Nkelemba), now a radiant young schoolteacher, who quietly and fiercely looks after her HIV-positive sister, being kept out of sight by their father. Through Dineo and a young orphan boy, Atang is drawn toward the mystical beauty and hardships of the people and land he has forgotten, and faces his own bittersweet reckoning. Made with support from PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)Please RSVP to Amy Vargas-Tonsi at av71@duke.edu.