The Broken Village soon coming to your screens

The film-making bug has hit, Emmanuel Chabalala from Majeje village outside Phalaborwa.

February 7, 2022

Tintswalo Shipalana 1 minute read

Sylvia Tshabalala, Emmanuel Chabalala, Given Mathebula and Edwin Mnisi. cast members.

The 28-year-old filmmaker will soon release his second movie, The Broken Village, which was shot in his neighbourhood. Despite not having a formal qualification, he did not allow his dream of making movies deter him. He first fell in love with acting when a film group from Giyani visited his village in 2008. He approached the crew for a chance to be part of the cast and was granted a chance to work with them.

In 2014 he had an opportunity to join Phalaborwa FM’s drama titled Depression, where he was the main character. After two years of doing the radio gig, he established 4K Project Films, which creates content using local talent. “The upcoming film seeks to address societal issues which are rife at his village such as gangsterism, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy. He added that one of his dreams is to start acting classes at affordable prices in order to take them away from the streets.

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In 2019 he produced his first movie called ‘Mihloti ya manana’ translated ‘a mother’s tears’. He said the most challenging thing about being a young filmmaker is the lack of funding. “I would like to thank Keletso ICT Media with whom we have worked well on this project,” he added. The movie will be released on Wednesday, February 10 on 4K Projects Films’ YouTube channel. For more information, follow 4K Projects Films on Facebook.

February 7, 2022

Tintswalo Shipalana 1 minute read

Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.