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Kundai Marunya Arts Correspondent
The special screening of highly publicised and well-funded local movie “State of Malambia” was delayed yesterday for over three hours due to lack of proper planning.
The screening was supposed to offer the media, cast and television networks, among other stakeholders a sneak preview of the $100 000 dollar movie ahead of the December 14 premiere.
Scheduled to kick-off at 7.30 pm at Chef T Texas BBQ in Avondale, event organisers dragged on the screening for hours as organisers were struggling to connect their projector.
At one point they managed to screen a clip of the movie but the audio failed.
When they finally succeeded way after 11pm, most of the stakeholders had given up on the hope leaving only the cast who hung around until the very end.
Movie director Marc Mandisoul said the delay was caused by technical challenges.
“The problem was our projector is very new so it was not compatible with my laptop.
“We connected another laptop but then there was no sound,” he said.
Mandisoul ended up sending his team to buy a cable that allowed compatibility with his laptop nearly three hours after the scheduled screening time.
The event finally ended at 1 am.
To avoid a similar incident at the premiere, Mandisoul said he has engaged Ster Kinekor cinema.
“We will do our premiere at Ster Kinekor cimenas. They will handle all the technical side of things, professional as they are there will be no fears of delays,” he said.
“State of Malambia” is a feature film that tells a story of a hidden kingdom in Africa. The peaceful kingdom is upset as foreign gangsters and mercenaries invade the territory.
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