FRIDAY May 30, 2025 7:15pm

• BURNS AND SONG
• Director: Tendayi Nyeke
• NEW YORK Premiere
• South Africa, 2025, 21 min
• Category: Drama  • Thriller 

RISIMU (Simu for short) is the perfect housewife to Tendero and a doting mother to Nicole. Her peaceful life centers around her family, but Simu has been running from a dark past. One chaotic morning brings a long-forgotten person back into her life, a vengeful spirit NGOZI she thought she had escaped. Ngozi warns Simu that her life will worsen if she doesn’t repay a debt by Nicole’s 13th birthday. Failure to make things right will force Ngozi to expose her secret and destroy everything Simu loves.  Simu must find a way to turn her destructive streak into a force that will help her build anew before everything she loves turns to ash.