You should've seen me jump when i looked through the TV Guide and next thing I saw the name of a cyber friend listed as Director on a feature film that wil be playing on Mzansi Magic Tonight. The film is called
Corner Rissik and Plein. When I first saw the name i immediately thought it could be the little brother of
90 Plein Street, but it seems this one is not filmed in Parliament or anything like that, and after reading up on it I think its opinion on politics and anything political is rather on a social, street level and not in the high-profile offices.
I shall be tuned in tonight to check out this work, which I am certain is some great piece.
*****Corner of Rissik and Plein is a tale about Mothusi Magano, (I’m sure not the real one) a hard-headed dropout and homeless street hustler in his early twenties surviving the harsh city streets of Johannesburg using his trolley, fists and wits. Mothusi is hired by Grace Mshangazinke, an unemployed Zimbabwean graduate, to carry her luggage to her husband’s flat.Mothusi detests foreigners, and detests young black professionals even more, particularly foreign professionals. But he needs the money. Grace, on the other hand, cannot stand South Africa and its violence-prone poor, but she needs to find her husband, who has not sent any money home for the past three months.Her children are starving and her numerous degrees cannot feed her children back in her troubled homeland. She does not know Johannesburg and is scared of it and its people, so she has to rely on Mothusi, even if she thinks him a ruffian.The simple business exchange is complicated by two things. Grace really does not have money to pay Mothusi; she is hoping when she gets home her husband will foot the bill. And her husband is nowhere to be found. It eventually transpires that he has a whole new life that Grace knew nothing about.So tension builds as viewers wonder how long can Grace use Mothusi to find the husband before he realises what’s going on, and wonder if Grace will end up on the streets like the many who came to Johannesburg to only have their dreams shattered. Will Mothusi’s street-smart knowledge get the better of Mothusi’s humanity? In one day, a chance encounter in the city has a dramatic impact on both characters’ lives.******Read more
ON THIS LINK, written by Andy Stead (
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On TVSA,
tha-bang is most famous for his on-the-point movie reviews through which you can notice he is sooooo film savvy. Mina everytime I see the word "backdrop" I think tha-bang. lol. We congratulate him on this film and we support him.. all the way.
Corner Rissik and Plein will be exhibited on Mzansi Magic tonight at 20:30... and thereafter will be available on DVD.