A harrowing account of the recent spate of baby rapes that has shocked South Africa and the world. The film opens with a dramatic reconstruction of events surrounding the rape of 9-month-old “Baby Tshepang” in the Northern Cape. Interviews with wrongfully accused suspects and distraught relatives who want mob justice paint a devastating portrait of a community brutalised by poverty. But this is only part of the picture. Moving to another case in the Western Cape, the film poses the terrifying possibility that baby rape is linked to a widespread myth that it will cure Aids. In the event, both rapes appear to have been motivated by a sick vendetta, which simply heightens the perception that South Africa is on the brink of moral collapse.

Cliff Bestall and Pearlie Joubert will introduce this World Premiere and take part in the panel discussion.