Harare– The premiere of the much awaited State of Malambia movie has been postponed to the 25th of December following logistic problems.
Initially, the movie which is in 3 parts was to premier at Ster Kinekor Sam Levy’s Village on 14 December, but the pricing was rendered too high by the source crowd, sponsors and fanatics. As such, the movie is now set to debut on ZBC TV.
The director of the movie, Marc Mandisoul, expressed that this decision came after the majority of people who supported the movie through crowd funding expressed that they are unable to get to Borrowdale and pay $15 as some had given the only dollar they had to make the movie happen.
The movie showcases the difficulties faced by African countries in trying to blend tradition and urban trends.
Mandisoul, urged Zimbabweans to watch this movie by Africans for Africans saying viewers can expect a gangster Afrocentric epic thriller pop and African culture blended into one.
He also said this movies speaks to every African state.
“My observation of African history inspired the story. It’s almost the same in all countries, … I view Africa as one from Cape to Cairo divided by colonial boundaries,” he said.
The movie has lots of new and refined talent starring Coke on the Beat’s Jefferson Muserera, Muzita rababa’s Charles Mzemba and Tinotenda Satande as well as Charlene Maungweni who holds the NAMA’s best actress in the recently held awards ceremony.
One of the characters, Muserera, says this is ground breaking in the Zimbabwe Film industry.
“I think it marks the rise of our industry and displays the huge potential and talent we have in our country,” he said.
He also urged government to support the industry financially.
“My wish is the government starts promoting the film and television industry more. We have amazing actors, writers and directors but the remuneration and resources available always hinder the delivery and progress in the industry,” Muserera added.
Another one of the cast members, Ellen Mubwada who plays Princess Thandiwe, says the film shows that Zimbabwe’s film industry has great potential to get better.
“The Malambia film realises that Zimbabweans are perfectly capable of making quality films that can go global and this can be done within the country… there have been some pretty awesome productions recently and Malambia just comes in on the epic category to say ‘hey there is something different you can tap into’,” she said.
The trilogy was done on a $100 000 budget.
Mandisoul has also done productions for Africa Magic and directed videos for Roki and Buffalo Souljah.
The cast screening was on the 28th of November.
