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'Good Madam' is a South African thriller drama film, directed by Jenna Cato Bass and released in 2021.[Guy Lodge, [https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/good-madam-review-mlungu-wam-1235067645/ "Good Madam Review: Sharp South African Horror Film Probes the Darkness of Domestic Servitude"]. 'Variety', September 21, 2021.] A commentary on the contemporary state of race relations in South Africa in the years following the end of apartheid, the film stars Chumisa Cosa as Tsidi, a single mother who moves back in with her mother Mavis (Nosipho Mtebe) while her mother is working as a live-in caregiver to an elderly white woman.[Christopher Vourlias, [https://variety.com/2021/film/global/jenna-bass-good-madam-toronto-film-festival-1235058556/ "Jenna Bass on the Exorcism at the Heart of Toronto Festival Horror Pic Good Madam"]. 'Variety', September 10, 2021.]
The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,[Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/tiff-unveils-line-up-for-celebrating-alanis-retrospective "TIFF Unveils (sic) Line-up for Celebrating Alanis Retrospective"]. 'Point of View', 11 August 2021.] where it received an honorable mention for the Platform Prize.[Jeremy Kay, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/kenneth-branaghs-belfast-wins-2021-tiff-audience-award/5163436.article "Kenneth Branaghs Belfast wins 2021 TIFF audience award"]. 'Screen Daily', September 19, 2021.]
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