Film · 2011
17 min · Directed by Kitso Lynn Lelliott
"The Tailored Suit" was produced as part of the director's Masters research report. It examines the period of 1950s Sophiatown and its socio-cultural legacy pertaining to race and gender in South Africa. It is inspired by the work of Can Themba, a writer and journalist who worked at Drum magazine in the 1950s.