My Top 10 At 10 With Cast Members From “Thando” The Movie – Kagiso Modupe, Juliet Joseph, Ntate Jerry Phele
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After recently sweeping the board at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema in California, winning Best Director for Kagiso Modupe, Vanguard Award for Best Actress for Zikhona Bali, Best Feature Film and Best of Festival THANDO, releases at cinemas, nationally, next Friday, 8 April. Directed by international award-winning Actor, Producer and Creator, Kagiso Modupe (Losing Lerato) and executive produced by Rashaka Muofhe and Kagiso Modupe, the film stars Zikhona Bali (Isi’thunzi), Thembi Nyandeni (Isibaya, Generations), Siyabonga Shibe (Hlomu the Wife, Umnisamvula), Jerry Phele (Zulu Wedding), Mpho Sebeng (Ring of Lies), Khayakazi Kula (Blood Psalms), Sannah Mchunu (Muvhango) and brilliant newcomers Gaisang Noge and twelve-year-old, Toivo Muofhe.
In Thando, the title character has been abandoned by her mother and forced to live with her grandmother. At school, she’s an outcast because of her darker complexion and her shy demeanour. She becomes the victim of severe playground bullying by other girls and then must face the humiliation of her torment when it goes viral on social media. Thando cannot see her way out of her predicament and loses her will to live. In the build up to the film’s release, the filmmakers embarked on an Anti-Bullying roadshow, visiting schools in Gauteng, and engaging with learners on issues of bullying, thereby and opening the way for learners to voice their fears and reach out for help. “The film addresses many of the issues facing our youth, but it is not enough to simply put their story on screen, we need to engage with teens and assure them that there is help and hope,” says director, Kagiso Modupe. “We feel that there is not enough engagement with teens to fully appreciate why so many of them are driven to despair and thoughts of suicide.” “We feel a great duty to the youth,” comments Executive Producer, Rashaka Muofhe.
In Thando, the title character has been abandoned by her mother and forced to live with her grandmother. At school, she’s an outcast because of her darker complexion and her shy demeanour. She becomes the victim of severe playground bullying by other girls and then must face the humiliation of her torment when it goes viral on social media. Thando cannot see her way out of her predicament and loses her will to live. In the build up to the film’s release, the filmmakers embarked on an Anti-Bullying roadshow, visiting schools in Gauteng, and engaging with learners on issues of bullying, thereby and opening the way for learners to voice their fears and reach out for help. “The film addresses many of the issues facing our youth, but it is not enough to simply put their story on screen, we need to engage with teens and assure them that there is help and hope,” says director, Kagiso Modupe. “We feel that there is not enough engagement with teens to fully appreciate why so many of them are driven to despair and thoughts of suicide.” “We feel a great duty to the youth,” comments Executive Producer, Rashaka Muofhe.
