Abenzi befilimu abahlukanisayo be “Separate Sentences” ukumelwa kanye nenkinga yokuboshwa kwe — US
nguAmie Dowling (ukuhunyushwa nguLisa Goldstone)
Ngemuva kokubulawa kaGeorge Floyd, uBreonna Taylor nezinye eziningi ezandleni zamaphoyisa kanye nokwanda kweqembu leBlack Lives Matter, “Well Contested Sites” kanye ne “Separate Sentences” kubukeka ukuletha ukunakwa kwendaba ukudingiselwa eMelika. Izingxoxo phakathi kwami nalabo engisebenza nabo — uReggie Daniels noAustin Forbord — sebephumile odabeni bebheka imbuzo mayelana nokulingana, ukumelwa namandla. Okukodwa umqondo wokungenelela: ubani ophazamisa, egameni lokuthi ngubani futhi ngasiphi isifundo. Yilokhu okuze nomthelela ekubonisiseni kwethu umsebenzi. Sisuka esenzakalweni sokungenelela esivele sikhanyise ukukhanya kulokho esikubheka njengengqinamba ebaluleke kakhulu yobulungiswa bezenhlalo ebaluleke kakhulu yobulungiswa bezenhlalo esibhekene nayo, ukuya engxoxweni eyehlukene kakhulu mayelana nezincazelo zezibopho zethu: ubani otshela Le ndaba, indaba yakhe iyatshelwa ngubani, othinta ngqo noma ngokungaqondile ukwakheka kwayo. Lemibuzo ayilungiswa. Ingxoxo yethu iyaqhubeka futhi sifuna ukuxoxa nawe ngenqubekela phambili ethile.
“Well Contested Sites” enziwe ngonyaka ka-2012 kwathi “Separate Sentences” ngonyaka ka-2016. Le misebenzi bekungukukhombisa ukuthi yini ebheka ezinye zezingqinamba ezibaluleke kakhulu zenhlalo esibhekene nazo namuhla — ukuhlukaniswa kwabantu ngokwebala nokuhleleka nenjabulo kudaleke emiphakathini ebincishwe amathuba.
Lawa mafilim enzelwa ukuthambisa abantu abasuselwe kude nodaba — njengendlela yokwakha ithuba lokuxoxisana. “Well Contested Sites” kubhekiselwa kumzimba womuntu ovaliwe njengendawo yokulawula lapho umuntu enikezwa khona umdanso onzima wokuvinjelwa nokwahlukana. Ngemuva kwezindonga zasejele, amasiko aqinile okudla, wokuhlanza, okusebenza kanye nesikhathi samahala kunciphisa inkululeko yomuntu yokuhamba. Ukunaka ukuthi umuntu uhamba kephi futhi kanjani phakathi nendawo nesikhathi, abumba ubudlelwane phakathi kwezinto, izikhala, imzimba.
Ithathwe ku-Federal Bureau yamajele — incwajana yolwazi yeziboshwa: “Ukunyakaza esikhungweni sonke kuzolawulwa yinqubo ebizwa ngokuthi yi-harakati elawulwayo. Inhloso yokuhamba okulawulwayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi Ukunyakaza kweziboshwa kuyahleleka. Ukuhamba okulawulwayo kuzoqala imizuzu emihlanu ngaphambi kwehora bese kunwetshulwa imizuzu emihlanu emva kwehora. Ukuqala nokuphela kokuhamba ngakunye kuzomenyezelwa ngaphezulu kwesipika. Ngesikhathi semizuzu eyishumi yokunyakaza okulawulwayo, iziboshwa zingasuka endaweni eyodwa ziye kwenye.”
Kumazinga amaningi, amafilim aphumelele ngaphakathi komqondo wethu wokuqala wokungenelela kwezobuciko. Basivumele ukuthi senza ingxoxo, sifundise futhi sikhanyise udaba. Basebenze ngamathuluzi wobulungiswa bezenhlalo ngezinga elincane nelinkhulu.
Amafilim akhonjisiwe kuzo zombili izikhathi zokudansa nemikhosi yamafilim endabuko kulo lonke elaseMelika, eCanada kanye nezethulo bukhoma ezikoleni, imitapo yolwazi, iminyuziyamu kanye nezikhungo zomphakathi kulo lonke elaseYurophu. iYunivesithi yaseColumbia yabela “Well Contested Sites” njengombhalo ezifundweni zabo zokuqala zokubhala zabafundi, zakha uhlelo lwekhompyutha oluvumela wonke umfundi ukuthi achaze ifilim ngokuya ngokuqonda kwabo. Izinto zokufunda ezifanele eziphathelene nokuvalelwa ngobuningi zenziwa futhi zaba yingxenye yesilabhasi. Ngemuva kweminyaka embili, kulandela imibhikisho yenhlangano yabafundi, inyuvesi yamemezela ukuthi izodonsa zonke izinkampani zasejele ezizimele. Uma ifilim yethu ibibambe iqhaza ekukhuthazeni lolu hlobo lokukhombisa nokwenza egameni lomphakathi onobulungiswa, siyathobeka futhi siyabonga.
Namuhla, sekuvele inkinga enkulu ekhona yobandlululo eMelika. Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule kubonakale ukwanda kokushona kwabantu bemibala ezandleni zamaphoyisa. Isisho esithi “LUTHO NGATHI NGAPHANDLE KWETHU” siphenduke umbono obalulekile wobuciko nezincwadi ezithinta izindaba ezibaluleke kakhulu emiphakathini enemibala.
Kungaphakathi kwalokhu kuqonda, futhi kusukela sakha ifilim lethu lesibili “Separate Sentences”, izingxoxo zethu sezishintshe kakhulu, njengoba lokhu kuboniswa kuhambisana nomqondo oyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu wokuthi kusho ukuthini ukulingana ekwenzeni ubuciko lapho isihloko saso siphathelene nemiphakathi enemibala.
Sisuke ezingxoxweni ngokubaluleka kwenkinga, ukumelwa kwabantu bemibala, nobuqiniso bamafilim, kuya ekujuleni kokusho ukuthini ukulingana. Manje sesilwela ukuthi iyiphi indima ngayinye okufanele ibe iyona — abanelungelo lokwenza la mafilim, abike izindaba lezi futhi abelane ngazo nomhlaba. Ngesikhathi kwenziwa lomsebenzi, bekunezinkinga ebesingazilungisi.
Abantu emafilim babamba kanjani ekwenzeni, izinqumo, umbono, ubuhle? Bazizwa kanjani amandla? Banaso kanjani isithasiselo nokuzimela? Uma sibheka emuva, eminye imisebenzi esihlanganyele kuyo kulemibizo sikhulu noma kancane — ngesigaba sethu: i-ManAlive, eyakhiwa ngonyaka ka-2010, umzamo wohlobo loqobo lokubambisana kanye nokufakwa kwamazwi waphumelela, njengoba kunjalo nangomsebenzi kwenziwa ngaphakathi kweSan Quentin Prison ngu — Artistic Ensemble. I-Ensemble, enamalungu ayi-16 aseboshwe njengamanje kanti awu-5 angeko, abuza imibuzo ebeka inqubo yomsebenzi: Ngabe inqubo yokudala ayikuqedi kanjani ukuhlupheka kohlelo? Bangakwenza kanjani abantu ngaphandle ukuzibandakanya nalabo abasejele njengabacabangi? Indima yokuhlubuka njengabaculi ingabuza kanjani imibuzo eyisisekelo kokukhiya abantu kuqala?
Mhlawumbe amafilim ethu awaphumelelanga njengokuphazamiseka okuhle. Siyaqhubeka nokuhlolwa ukuthi indima yethu ingaba kufanele ibe yini — ubani umkhiqizi, umhleli, umqondisi noma umdwebi wezithombe? Uma sihlose ukudala ukungenelela ezindabeni zobuhlanga, abantu abathinteka — abantu bemibala / abantu abathintwe ngqo yiPrison Industrial Complex — kumele babe maphakathi nenqubo yezobuciko, kufanele ngabe benza izinqumo.
