Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

BY CYNDI GREENING, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – We’re at the end of week two and we’ve had some wonderful performances turned in this week. We’ve had some logistical nightmares and challenges getting all of the cast together but, in the end, when we’re rolling, we’re getting some terrific performances!! This photo was taken on the set during one of the key transformation scenes for all of the main characters.

Kudos to Mike Montesa for capturing this photo of the confrontation between Mutinta and Chilufya. The photo reveals the power of the performance and the scene.

In response to what Sotiris wrote about the history of film in Zambia … I’m going to have Jabbes respond to this because he understands it a lot better than I do. Jabbes said those other films were made by other countries (Britain) and they didn’t star Zambians nor have a Zambian director nor were they written by a Zambian. Whatever has been attempted and/or completed before doesn’t really affect what we’re trying to do. We’re simply doing the best we can to support the Voice of this African Nation. So, we head into the last week in high spirits and with high hopes for something that will really be something that Zambians love … their own story, told by their own people.