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The city of Kings, Bulawayo Friday’s much-awaited premiere of Zimbabwe’s first ever Ndebele science fiction movie titled “The Signal” lived up to its billing after attracting huge followers.
Sci-fi has been an under explored genre in Africa, therefore the brains behind the movie, Daniel Lasker explained his objective..
“Sci-fi is just such a unique genre it has so many creative possibilities that you can explore. The only limitation is your imagination and how big and crazy you can think,” he said.
The Signal’s storyline are some of Bulawayo’s renowned actors, such as Dumie Manyathela, Tawanda Denga and Natasha Dhlamini.
The storyline of the movie focuses on showing how a deadly sound transmitted from space corrupts the minds of all who hear it, turning them into soulless demons under its control.
The evening saw the City’s grandest occasion hosted by Bulawayo Academy of Music, with top notch celebrities, artists and actors gracing the red carpet.
One Movie fan who attended the premier of the 20-minute Ndebele sci-fi movie described it as a beautiful production.
“It is a beautiful production from Bulawayo’s young stars. This is actually marketing brand Zimbabwe on the international market,” a fan said.
Whilst another added, “Most of our young creatives have been yearning for something to help them break into the international market and The Signal is exactly going to give them that exposure because it is really an amazing production.”
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