We reclaim culture as a restorative pathway to rectify social injustices. By reviving languages, rituals and stories that were suppressed and marginalised, we reconnect with the values, and relationships that shape us. We explore how resistance was wrought through storytelling in rhyme in Notes from the Underground (Dirs. Adrian Van Wyk and Chris Kets), how the body becomes a powerful communicator and repository of memory when speech is suppressed in WAT WAS HIE? (Dir. Luke De Kock) and how a spiritual calling and return to ritual allow for deep restoration in Eyes to see (Haneem Christians). This deliberate retrieval of cultural practices restores continuity across generations, offering a necessary sense of self-understanding and communal belonging.
