Black Burns Fast

After appearances in film festivals around the world, The Bioscope is proud to host screenings of Sandulela Asanda’s debut feature Black Burns Fast. "The tender yet fierce coming-of-age story knowingly echoes the Hollywood high-school canon (Booksmart, Mean Girls, Bottoms) while staying rooted in a distinctly post-apartheid South African setting, tracing race, class and first love inside an institution still clinging to old hierarchies" - Deniz Sertkol (Critic, Curator and Co-Founder of The Long take Film Club).

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Directed by Sandulela Asanda. Teen Romance Coming-Of-Age. Dur 1hr 33mins. 13DLPS.

Adorkable and studious Luthando is on track for a normal academic year at the prestigious boarding school she attends on scholarship. The arrival of a new girl in her class ignites Luthando’s suppressed desires which threaten her relationships and everything she thought she knew about herself.