The Return (2026), is an immersive film exploration of A Map Home - a project by Mmakhotso Lamola, where she addresses Sara Baartman as a travelling companion. This film is offered as a letter of intent to Sara, and proposes an intimate encounter beyond the archive; toward recovery, belonging and care.

Sara Baartman is an indigenous South African woman who was taken to Europe in the 1800s and subjected to dehumanizing exhibitions.

This film is offered as a letter of intent to Sara, and proposes an intimate encounter beyond the archive; toward recovery, belonging and care.

The Return is part of A Map Home, a project by Mmakhotso Lamola, where she addresses Sara Baartman as a travelling companion.