There is clearly nothing remarkable about the plot of Ingoma, the new Mzansi Magic’s (DStv Channel 161) Original Film which premiered on 1 February. However it is the musical originality in treatment of its plot, as a performance text, in the hands of talented lead actors that foregrounds its nuanced message. Ingoma is a story about a talented young woman, Constance Dladla (Zola Nombona) an ardent Uhadi – a musical bow – player, who wants to break it into the music industry by auditioning for a lead backing Vocalist gig for an established musician. Raised by her single father Reverend Dladla (Timmy Kwebulana), following her mother’s passing, she has to perform house chores first before she ventures into the world.¶
Thembi Mtshali-Jones
dEF’Rating: Ingoma
Ingoma, lives up to its name, it is a musical. Its a ballad and besides oozing with pure talent witnessed through the original musical performances prepared specifically for the story which the actors actually performs, it overhauls a staple diet plot! It’s brave, believable and a surprisingly witty as it takes on the music industry’s darker side with a triumphant hope topping. It gets 5dEF Points out of Five: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦¶
02 February
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