Movie Review
'Riding with Sugar' exposes the beauty — and the underbelly — of Cape Town
Sunu Gonera, the director of this somewhat Afrofuturist film about following your dreams, hopes views 'see themselves in the story'
22 November 2020 - 00:01
Director Sunu Gonera was born and grew up during the traumatic and tumultuous period of Zimbabwe's war of independence. He made his way out of that difficult experience to build a successful career in advertising in SA before leaving his adopted country to work in Hollywood, where he directed the 2007 feature film Pride. Along the way Gonera also directed a short film, Riding with Sugar, in 2005. Now, after 15 years, it is making its long-awaited appearance on Netflix this week...
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