The WOODEN CAMERA
Year:
2004
Production Country:
France / Great Britain / South Africa
The story of two thirteen year old boys from Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa. Madiba and Sipho are playing beside a railway track when a train passes and a body is thrown from it. Tied to a wrist is an attache case containing a video camera and a revolver. Sipho builds a wooden box to hide the camera and surreptitiously films scenes around him in the township. His friend Madiba has the gun which leads to tragic circumstances.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Madiba Junior Singo
- Estelle Dana De Agrella
- Sipho Innocent Msimango
- Louisa Lisa Petersen
- Benny Nicholas Jara
- Mr. Shawn Jean-Pierre Cassel
- Madiba's father Fats Bookholane
- Estelle's father André Jacobs
- Estelle's mother Bo Peterson
- Madiba's mother Thembi Mtshali
- servant Nomhle Nkonyeni
- TV reporter Lynita Crofford
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Ntshaveni Wa Luruli
Rights
Production
- Production Company Odelion
- In co-production with Tall Stories
- In association with Richard Green and Associates
- Presents National Film & Video Foundation
- Presents UK Film Council
- Presents Fortissimo Film Sales
- Presented in association with/With the contribution of The European Commission
- Presented on the request of Republic of Benin
- Presented on the request of Republic of Burkina Faso
- Presented on the request of Republic of Cameroon
- Presented on the request of Le Fonds ADC-Sud du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
- Presented on the request of Le Fonds Sud Cinema des Ministère de la culture et de la communication - CNC
- Presented on the request of Le Ministère des Affaires Étrangères
- Made with the financial support of National Lottery through UK Film Council New Cinema Fund
- Executive Producer Eddie Mbalo
- Executive Producer Paul Trijbits
- Executive Producer Michael J. Werner
- Executive Producer Wouter Barendrecht
- Produced by Olivier Delahaye
- South African Producer Richard Green
- Co-producer Ben Woolford
- Location & Unit Manager Laurie Dunn
Casting
- Casting (Johannesberg) Moonyeenn Lee
- Casting (Capetown) Bo Peterson
- Casting (Paris) Nathalie Chéron
Writing
- Screenplay Ntshaveni Wa Luruli
- Original script by Yves Buclet
- Adaptation by Yves Buclet
- Adaptation by Peter Speyer
Photography
- Director of Photography Gordon Spooner
Editing
- Edited by Kako Kelber
Design
- Production Designer Laurent Allaire
- Production Designer Jean-Vincent Puzos
- Art Director Heather Cameron
Costumes
- Costume Designer Leigh Bishop
Make-up
- Make-up & Hair Kathi Bullard
Music
- Music Composed by Phill Sawyer
Sound
- Sound Designed by Thomas Desjonquières
- Sound Designed by Hervé Buirette
- Mixed by Matthew Skelding