Working title: The Last Fight
Storyteller: Thabiso Christopher – 083 536 9940 (camilochristopher@gmail.com)
Genre: Dramatic Thriller
Length: 90-to-120-minute film
Target audience: 16-65 year olds
Tagline: Old or young, evil must be defeated.
Logline: Aged but strong-willed, a disgraced veteran fights one last time to save his naïve son from a gangster hell-bent on getting revenge for the young man’s failed nitiation and running off with his headstrong daughter.
Premise: What if a veteran freedom fighter, disgraced for letting an askari escape justice, is forced to dig deep into his grit to save his only son and family member from the wrath of a brutal and ruthless gangster, the same man whom he spared during the Struggle?
Dramatic Issue: Redemption
Dramatic Values: Redemption vs. Devastating Defeat
Controlling Idea: A father’s love and ultimate sacrifice can guide his son to become the man he needs to be in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Themes: Love, family, failure, redemption, justice, death, desperation, survival.
World of the Story: Set in the heart of SA’s townships, the story takes place in three major locations – a cramped township house where Bangizwe lives, and where Kagiso lived; a lively and dark shebeen (Mama’s) where Bra Stix operates his gang from; and a taxi rank where the final act takes place. The story also takes place in the streets, where the main characters interact with other people and attempt to flee the villain’s goons. It’s a lively location, offering unique and exciting visuals of a township that has both slum and suburb elements. It also focuses and traps the characters to fend for themselves, in a place where there are few who would interrupt their daily lives to save an unknown person from being hunted by a known killer.
Storyteller: Thabiso Christopher – 083 536 9940 (camilochristopher@gmail.com)
Genre: Dramatic Thriller
Length: 90-to-120-minute film
Target audience: 16-65 year olds
Tagline: Old or young, evil must be defeated.
Logline: Aged but strong-willed, a disgraced veteran fights one last time to save his naïve son from a gangster hell-bent on getting revenge for the young man’s failed nitiation and running off with his headstrong daughter.
Premise: What if a veteran freedom fighter, disgraced for letting an askari escape justice, is forced to dig deep into his grit to save his only son and family member from the wrath of a brutal and ruthless gangster, the same man whom he spared during the Struggle?
Dramatic Issue: Redemption
Dramatic Values: Redemption vs. Devastating Defeat
Controlling Idea: A father’s love and ultimate sacrifice can guide his son to become the man he needs to be in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Themes: Love, family, failure, redemption, justice, death, desperation, survival.
World of the Story: Set in the heart of SA’s townships, the story takes place in three major locations – a cramped township house where Bangizwe lives, and where Kagiso lived; a lively and dark shebeen (Mama’s) where Bra Stix operates his gang from; and a taxi rank where the final act takes place. The story also takes place in the streets, where the main characters interact with other people and attempt to flee the villain’s goons. It’s a lively location, offering unique and exciting visuals of a township that has both slum and suburb elements. It also focuses and traps the characters to fend for themselves, in a place where there are few who would interrupt their daily lives to save an unknown person from being hunted by a known killer.