Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.All that jazz: Director Norman Maake with the crew of Inkabi, a local film about a retired hitman, flanking him. Photo: African Encountershe first time I listened to jazz, I found it annoyingly slow and dreary.
“It was told in a unique way which I believed would provoke meaningful conversations about the realities of life in our country,” she says. Through their company, African Entertainers Consultancy, Maake and Mhlongo spent rigorous hours mulling over the details of the film. Themes of justice and redemption are nothing unique. It is, however, the delving into the human side of an inkabi that grounds the film’s premise.
Respect and credit are due to Maake and Mhlongo for crafting a high-quality film on a small budget in a post-Covid context. On the down side, there is a feeling that the editing and character development in Inkabi are hurried. Hence one fails to fully empathise with some of the characters. Under such budget constraints, one does however commend the creators, including cinematographer, Chuanne Blofield and editor Tongai Furusa, for attempting to bring a prime-quality film to our screens.