BY SHARON SIBINDI FILMMAKER Tendai Maduwa is working on his latest production — The Villager which is based on his true life events from birth.
Produced by Roots Press and Studios, the production will be premiered on August 26 in Bulawayo.
“This production is literally based on true life events. There are experiences I went through from birth to this day. Not entirely all of them are in the film, but it’s pushed by events not a Protagonist or any character in the story like most productions. So it’s most religion, hardships, fighting for survival and success,” Maduwa told Standard Style.
“I am still searching; I haven’t found what I am looking for. We are all in search of ourselves in this life and I bet you not even one of us has found themselves. That’s why sometimes we often don’t understand some of the things we do and regret afterwards.”
He said people make good and bad choices and face the consequences which either sweet and or bitter.
“We try to reconcile with our past and face the future but our pasts oftentimes finds itself in our future and we try to delete it and so forth. That’s the journey of life.
“So we are there on earth searching for ourselves and there is The Villager in every one’s life, just that we pretend not to know it. I once posted on my social media pages that we are a sad generation with happy pictures,” he said.
Talking about the production, Maduwa said it talks about an orphaned child who has to face world alone.
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“Just after giving birth to a baby boy, Christine died together with her husband and left the orphaned child in the custody of a blind grandmother when he was barely a few hours old. His story revolves around the mystery of his upbringing in a harsh world.
“The death of his grandmother when he was 10 left him all alone, a mere boy who had to find a way in an unfriendly world. A journey to search for a way found him staying in the streets of Harare as a street kid where he finally found his purpose.
“The discovery of his existence, with the help of a seemingly hopeless street father, saw him becoming the greatest fighter of all times. After winning many championships and titles across the globe, he is yet to face the Heavyweight title holder, but his crumbling marriage stands as a barrier,” he added.
Maduwa said mostly new faces used in the production come from his rural home Mutoko.
“Then regular faces of few established name like my daughter Candice Nomthandazo Maduwa, Ben Sibenke, Hillary Indie, Rose Chirimo, Gamuchira Denenga Jimu, Mugove Muhambi, Mathias Kureva, and myself,” he said.
