romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film produced, written and directed by Lineo Sekeleoane on her directorial debut. The film casts artists of South Africa, Nigeria and US. The film stars Nondumiso Tembe, Kelly Khumalo,
Darrin Henson
Darrin Dewitt Henson (born May 5, 1973) is an American choreographer, dancer, actor, director and producer. Hensen was a brief member of freestyle music group Trilogy and was featured on their single "Good Time". The
principal photography
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Personnel
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of the film underwent financial troubles especially when the production team announced its release date in 2017. The release was later postponed on 23 February 2018. The producer cleared the financial issues in mid 2019 and the film had its theatrical release on 11 October 2019.
Cast
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Darrin Henson
Darrin Dewitt Henson (born May 5, 1973) is an American choreographer, dancer, actor, director and producer. Hensen was a brief member of freestyle music group Trilogy and was featured on their single "Good Time".Nondumiso Tembe as Lu Sabata
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Carl Anthony Payne II
Carl Anthony Payne II (born May 24, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Cole Brown on the FOX sitcom ''Martin'' and Walter "Cockroach" Bradley on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', Carl on '' Rock Me Baby'' (TV series), Curt ...
Bubu Mazibuko
Bubu Mazibuko is a South African actress. She portrayed Betsy in the 2006 film ''Catch a Fire''. She also portrayed Thuli in the television series ''Gaz'lam'' (2002-2005), for which she was nominated for a Duku Duku Award for Best Female Actor ...
as Sam
* Lorcia Cooper as Marang
Synopsis
A beautiful young dancer Lu Sabata (Nondumiso Tembe) who moves to US from her motherland South Africa in order to pursue her career in dancing, falls in love with Tex Wilson (Darrin Henson), a New York based man. However a complication is caused due to the family background of Lu who is from the royal Zulu family and is determined to fulfill her aspirations in the US, but is bound by an ancestral debt to marry a Zulu royal family member.