Shoot Location: South Africa.
Target: Pan- African/ African Diaspora/ Global Audience
Type: Jacob’s Cross lovers/ Parasite/ World Cinema
Themes: Suicide, Class Issues, Racism, Loss, African Traditional beliefs.
Language: English/ Zulu/ Yoruba Genre: Romance / Drama/ Fantasy/ Spiritual
Drama Status: Script Development stage.
LOGLINE: Some people are born with the ability to be body vessels for departed ones with unfinished business on earth, they Transoul. A husband hoping to make amends, clarify issues with his family and complete the love story of his life, transouls. But he’s got a link deeper than he could ever imagine with the person he transouls into.
This fictionalizes the African belief that our ancestors are with us, in a compelling cross national and cultural story line. What if are souls could barrow bodies of the living, just for a short while to say that final goodbye. To help a loved one with that financial crisis, to guide them to safety or even to find love. This is a modern interpretation of an ancient Pan- African belief. It also highlights economic realities and frustrations of modern Africans in Africa and the resultant mental i