FILM NEWS

Domestic abuse film trilogy launches

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:50

I Don’t…! a film about the scourge of domestic abuse in South Africa and the first film in the A Love Promised trilogy from producer / actress Nonkululeko Ndlovu will be launched on 29 February at Montecasino, Johannesburg

It follows the story of Mpumi Mkhize (Ndlovu), wife to Themba Mkhize (Tazz Nginda) and mother of daughter, Nomsa Mkhize (Gabby Rayners), who realises to her horror that some marriage vows should be broken. She ends up having to save herself and her daughter from her husband.

The film has the tagline: “What does love Mean to You, Possession, Power, or ?” Says Ndlovu: “At my company Turning Heads we believe it is absolutely imperative to say to women of South Africa and globally: ‘You don’t have to stay if it’s going to cost you your life, and possibly your children’s lives’

“There is no more powerful way to speak to and change our world than film. The many sources of information about domestic abuse, the organisations, institutions and sources that are there to help victims of abuse are named in the literature accompanying the DVD package.”

The sequel “I Do.... Again” tackles the other side of the coin.

Ndlovu explains: “We are at pains not to portray the husband as a monster so this second film digs deep into the thoughts, insecurities, fears and rages that Themba, the husband, lives through, rendering him unable to cope with his life, his marriage and his love.”

In the third film, Never Again the wife leaves yet again when the beatings become intensified. This time Themba wants to kill her so as to prevent her from leaving him ever. He is a man apart from the world he lives in, where the demand to perform and succeed seem relentless, driving him over the edge. His sense of failure in a world that no longer makes sense to him overwhelms him and the violence gets out of hand, increasing in occurrence and intensity.

I Do…Again is scheduled to go into production in March 2012, with Never Again to be shot in May / June.

For more information log on to www.idontmovement.com.

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