Africa-Press – Lesotho. To sensitize Basotho on the spread and impacts of the deadly coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, Basotho youth produced a movie titled ‘The Days of covid-19’ to be released by end of this month.
Covid-19 was discovered in China 2019 and has since spread across the world killing thousands of people. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Informative Arts & Lifestyle,
Director and Script writer of the movie Khotso Mahonko said in February this year they came together as young people and formed an association called ‘The
Fight against Coronavirus Initiative’. He said through the initiative they wanted to visit people in their homes; door to door to and sensitize them about
the highly contagious coronavirus. “However our initiative was cut short by the lockdown restrictions imposed by the government of Lesotho in March which forced us to review our door to door
strategy hence we ended up shooting the movie,” he said. Mahonko said they have already started with the shooting of the movie, which is scheduled for release by end of July 2020.
But the movie has 25 characters aged 19 to 29 and uses two official languages of Lesotho, Sesotho and English. The plot of the movie is about people first hearing about the deadly virus and
their struggles in observing World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. It also includes live performances by poets and musicians who perform songs and poems
with direct relation to covid-19. He further stated that the movie does not instill fear in people but rather focuses on educating people about the virus and ways to adhere to precautionary
measures put in place by WHO. The ‘Days of Covid-19’ crew’s biggest challenge as per Mahonko’s sentiments continues to be lack of finances. All expenses within logistics of the production of the
movie were incurred by the production crew, without a sponsor as they do not have one. He said despite the challenges, once the movie is released they plan
to donate M300 000 to vulnerable families. According to Mahonko the donation will be generated from the sales of the movie. Actress Thabelang Moetsane explained that being part of ‘The Days of Covid-19’ crew has
been an exciting journey for her. Without revealing much of her storyline Moetsane said she plays part of a girl in love with a boy who dies from Covid-19.
“To be a true actor or actress, one has to express real emotions as in this movie, I
will have to cry real tears when my boyfriend dies,” she said. She also encouraged people to stay safe and follow WHO precautionary measures against the virus.
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