Pusha Pressa Phanda

2021 | South Africa

Pusha Pressa Phanda is a dissection of freedom. Taking place in one day, the film follows street youth Mandisa as she struggles to obtain medication and sanitary pads for her sister who is under her care. Faced with numerous obstacles along the way, Mandisa represents the struggle inherently facing women in their relentless pursuit for survival. Traversing the streets of Johannesburg’s central business district in order to find materials to recycle in exchange for money, Mandisa faces the brutality of the city’s underworld, all for a basic need.