Whilst I was watching Morning Live this morning, I couldn't contain my excitememnt after hearing Leanne Manas mention that Jerusalema may score a nomination in the Best Foreign Film category for next year's edition of the Academy Awards. When I watched the movie early in August and also chatted to leading actor in the raw, real, entertaining and gritty drama, Rapulama Seiphemo (please see the full interview at YEAHBO.DOT.NET), I just knew that the film was destined for bigger things.
This journey to success includes the film raking in excess of R3 million rands since it opened, with limitations of only screening in just a few cinemas countrywide, as well as still sitting in the top 10 for the past weekend, ending 05 October 2008. Now, with the film submitted as the final selection for South Africa in the Best Foreign Language Film, we can only hope that the judging panel gives it their stamp as the official nominee. This will happen at the end of January and on the 22nd of February 2009 we will know if Jerusalema follows in the footsteps of another Mzansi classic, the Oscar-winning Tsotsi, for the top crown.
If you haven't seen the movie, please go out and show your support. I promise you, you will enjoy it immensely. We will be keeping our fingers crossed for Jerusalema to repeat history and prove that we are nothing short of world class when it comes to our products.
1 comment:
Great stuff. I hope it wins the Oscar, it is way better than Tsotsi, in my opinion.
MZ
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