OKAHAO-Local actor, Festus Hashipala, well known as Kakwaya, together with his Comfortable Zone Entertainment crews, has started with schools road shows countrywide showcasing and screening Kakwaya’s critically-acclaimed local movie, Uuyuni Uukwanampinyuka, which means the world is changeable.
The road show started on July 5, in the Ohangwena Region where they visited more than five schools screening the movie as part of their social obligation to empower the youth through meaningful movie productions. Hashipala says last Friday they visited the Obed Grace Christian Academy, David Sheehama Senior Secondary School, Ongha Senior Secondary School and Oshitambi Primary School. “We came up with this venture as our contribution to the mentoring of our future leaders. We have been screening the movie to the students in various schools and from the great demand it garnered from the students, we felt the need to expose other regions to this project of great potential to alter the habits of the Namibian youth,” says Hashipala.
Uuyuni Uukwanampinyuka was launched earlier this year in Okahao. Since its launch, the movie has been described by the communities as a work of a ground breaking nature that oozes with quality and creativity and a strong message. The Mayor of Okahao, David Isak and Margaret Natalie Mensah-Williams, the Vice-Chairperson of the National Council, have been prominent and vocal in the support of the project.
The movie, Uuyuni Ukwanampinyuka, deals with the dangers that the youths are currently facing, mainly with the problem of alcohol and drug abuse. The aim of the movie is to promote and emphasise the importance of education. It especially touches on the need for discipline in students and within schools. “The movie clearly states the example of an ill disciplined student (Kakwaya) who misused his school opportunity to his detriment. It also cites the negativity of social discrimination towards people that are different. The movie is a must see as it comes from our need to better ourselves through vivid examples of the social ills that are affecting our youths. Our endeavour now is a response to a growing demand for Uuyuni Uukwanampinyuka amongst the school-going public,” says Hashipala.
The road show will take place in five regions; Omusati, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, Oshana and Khomas and ends on July 21. “As we undertake this venture, we are unfortunately burdened with the problem of limited funds. So we are hereby asking any organisations or members of the public who holds the plight of the youth close to their hearts to come on board and make this road show a success,” he pleads.