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'Mayaya: The Seed of Corruption' to have a Double Premiere Event

The producers of the upcoming movie 'Mayaya: The Seed of Corruption' have announced new dates for the premiere events to be held in Harare and Masvingo respectively. The new date of the Harare premiere is Friday 26 September 2014 at Ster-Kinekor's Eastgate Cinemas whilst Masvingo's Charles Austin Theatre will host the premiere event the following day, Saturday 27 September 2014. Both events will start at 6pm. This was announced during a press preview of the movie held at the Charles Austin Theatre in Masvingo last Friday 5 September. The preview which was attended by Masvingo filmmakers, local journalists, cast and crew of the feature film, was a welcomed development for Zimbabwe's film industry which is still in its infancy.

 

Commenting on the event, Sydney Taivavashe, a NAMA nominated filmmaker said the film was brilliant but needed some fine tuning to bed well with its professional soundtrack.  Micah Zinduru, a scriptwriter, actor and director also said he had extremely enjoyed the film with just few concerns on minor lighting issues that local filmmakers are still battling with when it comes to indoor scenes.

 

'I would like to appreciate all who managed to make it for the preview' said Edward Chombe, the film producer and event organiser during the press preview. 'This is to show the media that a real product is being made and it is not just a marketing stunt'. 

 

The film was written by David Dzatsunga as a theatre play some years back and was reconstituted into a feature film following the success of Sabhuku Vharazipi 2 which he also conceived. It is directed by a Semai Danha a Zimbabwe International Film and Television School of Southern Africa (ZIFTESSA) graduate and produced by Magical Films the producers of Sabhuku Vharazipi 2 and co-producers of the 2014 NAMA nominated film 'Through The Night'.