Bleached in Melanin
Psychological Drama, 2022
FILM PRODUCTION DETAILS
Experimental Festival
AFDA Study Year: 3rd Year
Genre: Psychological Drama
Running Time: 8
Rating: PG
Viewing Restriction: 13
In a world where Eurocentric beauty and features are the standard, a timorous black woman finds herself in a mental battle that becomes interchangeable with her reality. When her insecurities overwhelm her and take human form as Envy, Vanity, and Gluttony (known as the Holy Trinity) she is forced to face them and heal from them. We see the protagonist at a circus where she is firstly confronted by the Holy Trinity. From there we see the protagonist in her room sounded by a void which represents her state of mind. Still being confronted by the Holy Trinity, she continues to give into the gluttony, envy, and vanity but the presence of the Holy Trinity keeps her in connection with guilt. To break free from her insecurities, she is confronted by visions of her true beauty reminding her she created the Holy Trinity in her mind, meaning she is the only one that can get rid of them. This finally breaks the wall of her reality, and she starts to see herself for who she truly is.
CAST
Ongeziwe Mbotoli - Keoratile Menoe
Thato Marule - Indiphile Putukezi
CREW
Writer - Gaositwe Mojapelo & Kunda Kamanga
Director - Gaositwe Mojapelo & Kunda Kamanga
Associate Producer - Tricel Ngwenya
Associate Producer - Siphosetho Xaba
Cinematographer - Marcin Zerwick
Editor - Priscilla Mamabolo & Nkanyiso Ndlovu
Sound Design - Lonwabo meko
Visual Effects - Amy James
Colourist/Grader - Nhluvuko Mboweni
