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Kudzai Chimbaira (21)
Zimbabwe
21 year old Kudzai is currently training as an
actor in Harare, Zimbabwe. She has performed
in various theatre performances, including
Abigail’s Party, Vinegar Tom, Hill View and
Midsummer’s African Dream. She has acted in
the short films, Pamvura (2005), Breast Express
(2007), and The Return (2007), for which she was
awarded the Best Performance Award, at ZIFF,
2007. She is also trained in dance.


Farai Veremu (16)
Dumi
Farai lives in a high density suburb of Harare called
Dzivarasekwa where he also goes to school, plays
soccer as often and as seriously as he can, and
drums and dances for his local community drama
group.  He would like to be a drummer and an actor
“when he grows up”.


Natasha Gandi (4)
Yvonne
Natasha was three years old when we shot the film but
managed to take direction and fit into the shooting
schedule like a professional.
She has an extraordinarily chirpy nature and seems
to adore the whole field of acting. Her father is a
community theatre actor and she spends a lot of time
watching him and his team, even when they’re
rehearsing.


Muzimba “C-Blud” Mukoki (23)
Gift
Better known in Zimbabwe as C-Blud, the hip hop
artist, he has three albums out: The Outcome,
Whatever it Takes and C-Blud and Envyard
Presents The Backyard. He composes and
produces all his own work and is currently
trying to create his own record label. He’s also
been doing some professional acting and theatre
but this is his first film.


Tongayi A. Chirisa (25)
Charles
Tongayi is an AFDA student, studying his Bachelors
Degree in Live Performance. He has had a very
successful career in Zimbabwe. He has been
nominated, and won many NAMA awards over the
last five years. He played the part of Detective
Trevor Davies, in the everpopular Zimbabwean
soapie, Studio 263. He has appeared in many
feature films, the most well known being,
Tanyaradzwa in 2004, which he won the Best Actor
for Film and Television award. He is experienced
in theatre and he is a phenomenal singer!


Folen Murapa (24)
Zoe
Folen has been acting for two
years with Patsime, a
community theatre group that
travels Zimbabwe doing
HIV/AIDS outreach. She has done radio dramas
for Rooftop Productions and featured in a
Zimbabwean TV drama called Suburb D, playing
a Pastor’s wife.
Mildred Chipuriro (51)
the Aunt
Mildred has been acting for five years in community
theatre and has also done a radio drama called The Ball.








Andrew Worsdale (46)
the nasty white man
Johannesburg-born Andrew Worsdale studied drama at Wits University, then a Fulbright Scholarship for an MFA in Film and TV, at UCLA. Active as an actor, he has appeared on stage in productions ranging from “Torch Song Trilogy” to “King Lear.” In film and television he has appeared in South African TV series
Isidingo as well as in feature films ranging from Manie Van Rensburg’s “The Fourth Reich” to Darrell James Roodt’s “Faith’s Corner”. Most recently he appeared
in Dutch director Paul Ruven’s feature “Surprise!”.
As a filmmaker he has made several short films and produced some documentaries. In 1987 he directed
he cult underground feature-film Shot Down. As a journalist he has worked for the Mail &Guardian, Sunday Times, Cahiers Du Cinema, Sight and Sound and Screen International.


Jennifer Steyn
the wife
Jennifer Steyn graduated from The University of Cape Town in 1983, winning the award for Best Drama Student. Extensive work in theatre, film and television includes working with Athol Fugard at the McCarter
Theatre and Spoleto Festival, U.S.A in 1998.
Film highlights include “Cry The Beloved Country” directed by Darrell Roodt, “Red Dust with Hillary Swank Tim Hooper, and “Borderline” for HBO.
TV roles include Dorrie Paton, in “The Principal” and Marge in “Madam and Eve”. She has performed in Athol Fugard’s latest play, “Sorrows and Rejoicings” at the Tricycle Theatre, London.


David Dukas
the husband
After graduating from High School in 1988, David went on to complete the National Higher Diploma: Acting at
Pretoria Technikon’s School for Performing Arts.
He began his career on the stage for the former PACT (Performing Arts Council of Transvaal).
In 1994 he made his television debut in South Africa’s longest running soapie, “Egoli – Place of Gold”. To date he has acted in 22 films and 16 TV series. David also adores comedy (Bobby Blackburn in e-tv’s “Madam & Eve”, as well as Dr.Fidel Gastro in Casper De Vries’ “Haak en Steek”.