Umujoro: Day Ones explores interracial dating, among other themes found in relationships. The movie will be released in December
new Netflix movies Umjoro: First dayThe film, scheduled for release in December, will explore interracial dating, among other themes found in relationships.
“A storyline like this helps highlight what we have in common rather than our differences,” said lead actor Kei Sibiya. The Citizen.
The actor plays the character of Andile Umjoro: First day.
The film sees Sibiya's character getting caught up in a disappointing one-night stand with her best friend Zanere played by Shiv Jiri.
What's confusing is that Andile is also married and has a family with Jessica, portrayed by Trix Vivier.
Andile's family does not support his interracial marriage to Jessica, a white woman, and those close to him have advised him to stay with his best friend Zanele.
“There is constant pressure from his family about what the 'ideal Makoti' should be, and even though he is already married into a beautiful family, they have already identified his ideal figure. ”Sibiya said.
“I definitely think stories like this will help break down the prejudices against interracial relationships, which are not portrayed enough in SA. [sic] Screen,” Sibiya declared.
“Our country has become a melting pot. Dating someone other than your race should not be frowned upon,” said Sibiya, who is married to a biracial wife.
Vivier also admitted to dating people of other races.
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woman to woman
More than the big elephant in the room of race; Umjoro: First day It focuses on the dynamic relationship between wives and other women.
In the film, the relationship between Zanele and Jessica has always been important, even before Zanele and Andile's one-night stand.
Zanele needed to befriend Jess in order to maintain a lifelong friendship with Andile. And Jess has had to forge a new friendship with Zanele over the years in order to maintain some element of peace in their marriage.
“Relationships like this can only withstand certain shocks and tears before they crumble, and usually once they do, they rarely return to their original state,” Vivier told the publication.
Actress who played Petra Potgieter in the TV novel heritage He said the turmoil in the relationship between the two women also affected “Andile, the third part of this triangle.”
“The point is that for them to reach the point of friendship, a certain amount of compromise is already necessary. The eternal question is: how far are women willing to compromise to keep the peace? ”
Vivier said that the most difficult part of playing her role was understanding Andile's complicated relationship with her father.
“And we find a backstory that explains and confirms Jessica's dedication to Andile and her children, despite being cut off by her family after she decided to marry Andile.”
Umjoro: First day Scheduled to be released in December 2024
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