Based on a True Story - Bad Education

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. It was the evening of 21 April and Namhla Mtwa parked in her driveway in Mthatha – as always. But tonight was different. She was killed by a waiting gunman, her body riddled with nine bullets. In a society inured to daily violence, her brutal murder didn’t reverberate around the country; police didn’t spring into action. A month later, her frustrated sister took to social media to reveal how an abusive relationship with a well-known businessman could be the real cause of her death. As Namhla’s tragic story belatedly captures headlines, Carte Blanche heads to Mthatha to ask why gender-based violence continues unabated.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. As if South Africa’s staggering unemployment rate weren’t bad enough, a crisis in the education centre is making matter worse. Young people are dropping out of school at alarming rates, simply to join the ranks of the unemployed and unemployable. It’s a situation exacerbated by COVID-19, with closed schools leading to an alarming increase in the dropout rate. Government says parents are partly to blame, but at a time support was needed most, some pupils feel let down by the Basic Education Department and their teachers.

Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, and Alexis Louder team up in this this action film based on a true story about the battle that unfolds between a hitman, a rookie cop, and a con artist.

Based on true events, this Malawian film directed by Gift Sukez Sukali follows the story of a young girl who is forced to sell bananas in the streets for survival after her school is closed.