‘Last Chance’ Malawi movie premiers Friday

A local theatre, ‘Theatre International’ is set to premier at Golden Peacock Hotel its first film Mwayi Wotsiriza (Last Chance/Dernière Chance) on Friday the 2nd of October 2015.

Chidya Mica in the movie
Chidya in the movie

Performed in Chichewa language but has English and French subtitles, Mwayi Wotsiriza weaves its themes around sexual abuse of girls and working conditions of teachers in rural primary schools.

In the video clip released by Theatre International, a frustrated teacher named Chidyanji ‘propositions’ a daughter of an economically vulnerable rural woman and impregnates her. The system, already baffled by inadequacy of teaching staff, has to find a way of disciplining him.

The film’s Artistic Director, Chancy Mauluka says through engagement of reason and appeal to sympathy, Mwayi Wotsiriza drives audiences towards reflecting on some problems that demotivate teachers in primary schools alongside sexual abuse of the girl child by the male teacher. And most importantly, it calls for action.

Says Mauluka; “Mwayi Wotsiriza is a tragedy that aims at awakening discussion on issues concerning girls’ rights and basic education in Malawi. It is a film that goes beyond entertainment and quests for solutions.

Apart from entertainment-fanatic audiences, the film will appeal to development-oriented minds as it offers opportunities for facilitating community and social change.”

For the private sector, he added “Mwayi Wotsiriza opens a platform for conceptualizing strategic corporate social outreach,”

Actors featured in the film include Chancy Mauluka also former actor of the Chancellor College Traveling Theatre who featured as Ahedi (Head Teacher) in the once famous Timasukirane Soap by the Story Workshop, Rhoda Malowa of the then Chancellor College Theatre Heights, and Steve Mphonda who has a long history of acting with a number of theatre groups in Lilongwe as well as other visiting international theatre companies.

Mwayi Wotsiriza, written and Directed by the Chancellor College trained Chancy Mauluka, will have first-night screening at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe this Friday, from 7:00 PM.

Door fee is at K2000 and that Theatre International will also sell DVD’s of the film

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Mafia
Mafia
9 years ago

No piracy plz

Llolsten
Llolsten
9 years ago

Big up Chancy. Proud of you dude. Reckon the next movie will be produced in the dungeon proposed. Keep on being innovative. God bless you

John
John
9 years ago

Local Theater, Theater International? Do they know the meaning of International? Crazy

Rhoda
Rhoda
9 years ago

Waitha. …ife zatikhudza big time

ALOSWEA
9 years ago

Tapangamkoni ya ana amuna woweta ng’ombewa mimba ili pamtundu kodi iwowa safuna sukulu

mjiba
mjiba
9 years ago

Red eye yokhayo kuti eeyee cha kktu ichi

George Mkandawire
9 years ago

Ndiye zitikhuze

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