Stick Fighter (The)

  • Intonga (The Stick Fighter)
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2009

Intonga is the first Xhosa-language feature film to emerge from South Africa.

This heart-warming and elegantly constructed tale tells the story of of Siviwe, a young stick fighter from Fort Beaufort, who moves with his mother to Mdantsane after his father dies.

As the new kid in school, Siviwe is bullied by a local boxing champion. One day while running away from the bully, he meets a priest. Siviwe and the priest who is a former boxer, strike up a friendship and the priest guides the young stick fighter on his challenging journey into the world of boxing.

Suitable for children


Directed by JJ Van Rensburg
South Africa 2009

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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