Zulu Wedding

Zulu Wedding
Directed by	Lineo Sekeleoane
Produced by	Lineo Sekeleoane
Screenplay by	Julie Hall; Lineo Sekeleoane
Based on	Zulu culture
Starring	Nondumiso Tembe; Darrin Henson; Kelly Khumalo
Music by	Raphael Fimm
Release date	21 May 2017 (Cannes); 11 October 2019;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	South Africa
Language	English

Zulu Wedding is a 2017 South African romantic comedy film produced, written and directed by Lineo Sekeleoane on her directorial debut.[1] The film casts artists of South Africa, Nigeria and US.[2] The film stars Nondumiso Tembe, Kelly Khumalo, Darrin Henson in the lead roles. The portions of the film were primarily shot in South Africa, New York and Botswana.[3] The principal photography of the film underwent financial troubles especially when the production team announced its release date in 2017.[3] 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.[4][5]

Cast

Darrin Henson as Tex Wilson
Nondumiso Tembe as Lu Sabata
Carl Anthony Payne II as Nate
Pallance Dladla as Zulu
Makgano Mamabolo as Mabo
Kgomotso Christopher as Rene
Kelly Khumalo as Yvonne Sabata
Bubu Mazibuko 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 backgrounds of these two. Lu is from the royal Zulu family who is determined to fulfill her aspirations in the US has to bound by an ancestral debt to marry a Zulu royal family member.

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References

"Zulu Wedding director reveals more behind her feature film debut | IOL Entertainment". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
"Meet the women behind 'The Zulu Wedding' | The Star". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
Dlamini, Palesa (2019-10-04). "SA film explores the complexities of marrying into the Zulu royalty". CityPress. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
"Zulu Wedding". Channel. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
"Zulu Wedding hits South African Cinemas". SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-11-27.

External links

Zulu Wedding on IMDb

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[1] "Zulu Wedding director reveals more behind her feature film debut | IOL Entertainment". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2019-11-27.

[2] "Meet the women behind 'The Zulu Wedding' | The Star". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2019-11-27.

[:0-3] Dlamini, Palesa (2019-10-04). "SA film explores the complexities of marrying into the Zulu royalty". CityPress. Retrieved 2019-11-27.

[4] "Zulu Wedding". Channel. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-11-27.

[5] "Zulu Wedding hits South African Cinemas". SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-11-27.