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) Film ‘communicates God’s word’
Movie unites Du Noon LEON STEENKAMP
A film shot in the informal settlement of Du Noon is not only trying to show local residents that crime doesn’t pay but is also playing a part in unifying a nation. The Inkwenkwezi Secondary School in Du Noon was a hive of activity on Saturday in celebration of Youth Day. Some 1 000 people, the majority of them children, took part in an event organised by the Joshua Generation Church as part of its Love Bombs project. The Love Bombs project is the brainchild of the Film Kru Ministry of Joshua Generation Church, with the intention to change lives and help people walk into their destiny, by addressing the decisions they face on a daily basis through film. The project consists of three short films that have been locally written and produced. The Du Noon Festival was the first event where the first of the Love Bombs’ short film’s, iBalaclava was premiered. The short film of 37 minutes was shot on location in Du Noon and features local debutant actors Chuma Mdemka and Mfihlakhalo Mazwembe in the leading roles of Zolani and Bongani. iBalaclava tells the story of Zolani, a struggling street vendor, who after a botched robbery kills the son of local gang leader with far reaching consequences for himself and his younger brother, Bongani, a gifted pupil. The film is directed and produced by Du Noon business owner Nevil Sandama along with Philip du Plooy and Howard Fyvie from Film Kru. Sandama is also an elder at Joshua Generations Du Noon campus.
The festivities at Du Noon’s Inkwenkwesi Secondary School saw much music and dancing. “This has been my dream,” said Sandama who has experimented with making movies by shooting short films on his cellphone the last couple of years. It was these cellphone clips that caught the eye of Fyvie and sparked the idea of the short film. “The idea is to make movies that will communicate God to the community in an explosive way. This
whole day is a build up to this,” says Fyvie who also co-wrote the script. “Thirty five years ago white guys entered the township to shoot black guys, today we are here and we are reconciling,” Fyvie said as children were enjoying soccer and netball games, jumping castles, face painting, a DJ and street performers at the school. Some 700 residents filled the
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school hall to view the film for the first time, looking on with wide eyed anticipation as the opening scenes unfolded. “Their minds were blown when they could see Du Noon in the movie, there is Inkwenkwezi and there is that shop, they said,” Sandama said after the viewing. “I am so excited. People are eager to get involved in the church and in making
movies. They saw the great unity we had in making the movie and they want to share in that,” he added. iBalaclava and the other two short films Second Day and The Prodigal will be screened at the Labia Theatre from 2 to 8 August as part of a local film festival. View the iBalaclava trailer on www.tygerburger.co.za.
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