When we were Black

An awkward, self-doubting but intelligent teenager on a quest to lose his virginity falls hopelessly in love with a young political activist’s girlfriend. In trying to win her affections, he enters into the dangerous world of revolutionary politics that culminates in her premature death on June 16, 1976, a day that became etched in the collective memory of black South Africa.

An awkward, self-doubting but intelligent teenager on a quest to lose his virginity falls hopelessly in love with a young political activist’s girlfriend. In trying to win her affections, he enters into the dangerous world of revolutionary politics that culminates in her premature death on June 16, 1976, a day that became etched in the collective memory of black South Africa.

An awkward, self-doubting but intelligent teenager on a quest to lose his virginity falls hopelessly in love with a young political activist’s girlfriend. In trying to win her affections, he enters into the dangerous world of revolutionary politics that culminates in her premature death on June 16, 1976, a day that became etched in the collective memory of black South Africa.

An awkward, self-doubting but intelligent teenager on a quest to lose his virginity falls hopelessly in love with a young political activist’s girlfriend. In trying to win her affections, he enters into the dangerous world of revolutionary politics that culminates in her premature death on June 16, 1976, a day that became etched in the collective memory of black South Africa.