Rough Aunties

2008

Action / Documentary

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 100% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 154 154

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Plot summary

Fearless, feisty and resolute, the "Rough Aunties" are a remarkable group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa. This newest documentary by internationally acclaimed director Kim Longinotto (SISTERS IN LAW, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE) follows the outspoken, multiracial cadre of Thuli, Mildred, Sdudla, Eureka and Jackie, as they wage a daily battle against systemic apathy, corruption and greed to help the most vulnerable and disenfranchised of their communities.

Director

Kim Longinotto Photo
Kim Longinotto

Top cast

Jackie Branfield Photo
Jackie Branfield as Self
Eureka Photo
Eureka as Self
Ladyfair Photo
Ladyfair as Self
Mildrid Photo
Mildrid as Self
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959.69 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
Not Rated
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25 fps
1 hr 44 min
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1.74 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
Not Rated
us  
25 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Extremely eye opening and powerful

Extremely eye opening and powerful.
Reviewed by Mike M 7 / 10

If you're taken aback by the extent of

If you're taken aback by the extent of access Longinotto has been granted - to staff meetings, still-bloody crime scenes and deeply personal (not to mention, in the context of these children's development, *crucial*) counselling sessions - you're swiftly reassured by the methods employed that she's the ideal filmmaker for this particular milieu. A good, patient listener, holding her camera on her subjects' faces and never once letting herself (or us) get distracted, she's also every bit as empowering an optimist as the Aunties themselves prove to be, as the final ten minutes, a celluloid suffused with love, demonstrate beyond all doubt. It's a modestly miraculous documentary, both seeing and showing how, even in the most painful and unthinkable of circumstances, it is still possible to make a difference.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

These women are real-world heroes. The film as

These women are real-world heroes. The film as such is less than perfect (a bit disjointed in places as it leaps from the horrific to the merely tragic with too much ease) but the story it tells is both harrowing and deeply uplifting, all the more so for being true.
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