Tebogo Malebogo
Directing
Biography
Tebogo Malebogo is a South African writer and director based between New York City and Johannesburg. His goal is to create narratives that imagine Black and South African stories and perspectives not often seen in cinema. Malebogo's films have screened at Locarno Film Festival, New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, Clermont-Ferrand, AFI Fest, and Blackstar among others. His works have been programmed on Le Cinéma Club, Topic, Vimeo Staff Picks, Argo, and MUBI. He has been supported by BAFTA, Berlinale Talents, The New York Foundation for the Arts, and initiatives at New York University, where he studied on scholarship in the Graduate Film Department.
Known For
New York Day Women follows a Haitian American woman who unexpectedly sees her mother in Manhattan during a workday—sparking an intimate exploration of identity, generational distance, and maternal strength.
New York Day Women
While walking home from the store, a young man is prompted to help a seizing woman, and unknowingly demonstrates the danger of doing the right thing.
Mthunzi
After Tau comes to a realization about their sexuality, it sets in motion a cascade of thoughts and emotions in Tumelo - nothing will ever be the same between them.
Heaven Reaches Down to Earth
What seems to be a burgeoning romance between two Indigenous people takes an unexpected turn in this bold and thrilling blend of the satirical and the sinister by writer-director ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby.
The Beguiling
A man's search for connection is thrown off course during an uncomfortable encounter with an old flame.
Let's Do This Again Sometime
After breaking an unknown artifact, an archeology student comes to terms with the stories we will never know.