ISITHUNZI is about the shattering and revival of the dignity of a family and its name. In the midst of the 2007 'Reitz Four' incident that saw four white males at the university of Free State display gruesome activities to a group of black middle aged cleaning staff in what they called "their own take of integration". We find two boys, uScelo and uMuzi, sons of one of the ladies humiliated in the aforementioned video. 

Muzi and Scelo are at two opposite ends of the stick, they are faced with the task of reclaiming their families' dignity. Scelo's idea of doing so is centred on reconciliation, integration and working together, black and white, to figure out the grey area. Muzi on the other hand simply believes that "an eye for an eye". 

They come to learn that neither methods are right, nor are they wrong.

ISITHUNZI loosely translated as a shadow in its singular form, or dignity, explores themes of dignity, respect, reconciliation (with both self and others) and izithunzi (double meaning of shadows and dignities).