Five Fingers for Marseilles
Five Fingers for Marseilles is an African Western feature film produced by Be Phat Motel (South Africa) and Game 7 Films (New York), co-produced with Stage 5 Films(South Africa). It is Michael's directorial debut.
The film is set in a contemporary, rural town in the Eastern Cape. The film will premiere at TIFF 2017 and is due for release in 2018. For more information check it out on IMDB, or follow the film on Facebook & Instagram .
Unit Photography courtesy of Graham Bartholomew.
“First came the trains, and with them came the settlers. English, Dutch, German and French, bringing their towns with them: Paris, Roma, Barcelona... and Marseilles... And they called it their land, and decided they could do with it as they pleased.
And for us who’d been there before they put us on top of the hill, out of sight, and they called it Railway, because most of us were working on the train lines. When Marseilles was happy, Railway was fine, and we were fine for a long time. But when the towns started to die – Paris, Roma, Barcelona – Marseilles began to worry, and when Marseilles started to die they took it out on those closest at hand...”
STARRING
VUYO DABULA ZETHU DLOMO HAMILTON DHLAMINI
LIZWI VILAKAZI KENNETH NKOSI MDUDUZI MABASO AUBREY POOLO
WARREN MASEMOLA DEAN FOURIE KENNETH FOK
ANTHONY OSEYEMI BRENDON DANIELS
with JERRY MOFOKENG