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Khayelitsha Art School & Rehabilitation Centre - KASI RC

“How does it feel to lose the one you dearly love?”
What part of your body feels the loss?
Which one that feels numb and isolated?
Who consoles you to get better when you lose your soul mate?
Does it even get better?
Do you always think of your lover?
Do you dream of him/her?
Until when does the loss vanish?

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  • Duration: 8 min
  • Language: Isixhosa, English
  • Ages: All ages
  • Available From: April 22, 2022

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Performed by: Bravo Le Roux & Liso The Musician
Music by: Meet The Internet, Daisy The Producer, Motion Billy & Sam K
Filmed & Edited by: Motion Billy
Choreography & AD by: Mesul Nale

“How does it feel to lose the one you dearly love?”
What part of your body feels the loss?
Which one that feels numb and isolated?
Who consoles you to get better when you lose your soul mate?
Does it even get better?
Do you always think of your lover?
Do you dream of him/her?
Until when does the loss vanish?

Produced by: KASI RC, NAF & The Sindos Films
NAF Funded by National Arts Council of South Africa
Directed, Co-Produced & Curated by Mandisi Dr Disi Sindo
Choreography & Assistant Directing by: Mesul Nale
Stage & Production Manager: Siziphiwe Nodidwa
Filming & Editing by Motion Billy
Music In Order: Meet the Internet, Daisy Motion Billy & Sam K
Design & Costume by the Director, Cast & Crew
Technical by: Gladman Balintulo (NAF Rep)
Artists/Cast: Bravo Le Roux & Liso The Musician

Special Thanks to the ARTS CAPE THEATRE, MARLENE LE ROUX & STAFF

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

MANDISI DR DISI SINDO: PRODUCER & CREATOR
Dr Disi is a 2017 Institute for Creative Arts National Fellow, 2017 Innovation in Theatre Fleur Du Cap Recipient, 2019 eTV & eNCA South African Hero Recipient, 2019 USA IVLP Alumni, Established Theatre and Public Art Practitioner. Meanwhile Dr Disi is a South African actor, presenter/mc/host, writer, director, voice over artist, and preferred to be known as an ARTIVIST. He is an innovator of South African Shack Theatres. He recently built a world class Shack Art School & Theatre in Khayelitsha known as Khayelitsha Art School and Rehabilitation Centre – (KASIRC). Sindo’s motto is to ‘Inspiring the Uninspired, Informing the Uninformed and Educating the Uneducated’.
Mandisi has worked professionally as an Actor, Puppeteer, Master of the Ceremony, Director, Organizer/Curator, Fieldworker, Radio voice over artist, Television Presenter, public art creator and as a dance choreographer with the Infecting the city Festival, ICA, National Art Festival, Magnet Theatre, Baxter Theatre, Market Theatre, Department of Arts and culture – Nelspruit and Cape Town, Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA), Artscape Theatre, University of Cape Town, Mann Made Media, Africa Centre, Tongue Twisters for Voice, Pansa, UNIMA, UCT Student Housing Department, Open Street Cape Town and Raintree Solutions (JHB), NAF, Fugard Theatre, ICA to name but the few.

MOTION BILLY: DOP & EDITOR
Mpendulo Mabindisa known as Motion Billy is a Cape Town based music video/ film director and entrepreneur who have worked with the top South African musicians on their visual projects. The likes of AKA, A-Reece, Kwesta, YoungstaCPT, Stogie T, Zakwe, Amanda Black etc. and has since shot and directed mini documentaries for Trace Africa and a promo series for a Medical Aid company featuring AKA, Nomzamo Mbatha, DJ Tira and Skhumba. A Khayelitsha native, Mpendulo graduated from Cape Peninsula University of Technology with a National Diploma in Film and Video Technology. Filled with practical experience from his early days of volunteering at Media Film Service before taking steps to go to college and moving on to work with some of South Africaʼs greatest talent. Through his work Motion Billy has hosted free workshops in townships surrounding Cape Town and has created programs that helped a number of young people to start their journey in filmmaking. Motion Billy runs seminars and talk shows such as Broke Billionaires, Winners Room and mentors young and aspiring film and video makers in the townships with KASI RC.

MEET THE INTERNEXT – MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN
Siziphiwe Ngqoyiyana is a film producer, cinematographer and photographer and also highly involved in making soundtracks for independent films, producers and makers. Having to leave tertiary early due to funds came as an obstacle for Siziphiwe but through attending workshops and mentoring sessions in and around South Africa helped her to find a way to filmmaking and creating work for herself. Moving on, Siz produced content for one of the top singers in South Africa, Berita. In 2020 Siziphiwe saw a need to launch her own media business/company known as Internet Connect Studios and its primary focus is film, photography and music and as well as teaching young women skills to find jobs of their dreams in the film, photography and music industry.