PERSONAL WORK
NEW GENERATION AWARD (2022)
PERSONAL WORK (NEW GENERATION AWARD)
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Yahoo Boy
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| Title of Piece: | Yahoo Boy |
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| Production Company: | one.fiction |
| Director(s): | Monde Gumede |
| Producer(s): | Jada Thwala, Didi Exelby, Monde |
| Instagram Tag: | @mondeliketheworld @ismangasefiction |
| Short Synopsis: | Yahoo Boy is a tight-knit character study that unfolds over a weekend in the affluent suburb of Houghton and Yeoville, South Africa. Ashe, son of ex-minister of Foreign affairs turned banished prince gets pulled into an internet scam for a quick thrill and some easy cash. his antics set him on a collision course with scorned Afrikaans farmers from beyond the border and big mike, a real scammer In with everything to lose. We’ll ride along on his never ending grift watching him hurt the people who care for him the most on his self-destructive but wildly magnetic spiral to the top. |
