Ngonyaka wezi-2014, uBlake Mawson, njengabaningi bethu, wahlala ebambe ongezansi njengoba i-Uganda yephula umthetho osudume kabi manje othi “Kill the Gays”, futhi iRussia yaqala impi yayo yokulwa nomphakathi we-LGBT ngokwenza kube semthethweni ngisho nokusho ukuthi sikhona esidlangalaleni. Njengabaningi bethu, wamangazwa yilokho akubona futhi njengoba kwenza abaculi abaningi, waqala ukwenza into eyayiveza isidingo sakhe sobulungisa emhlabeni obonakala ungenabo.

“Kube nokungaphenduli kwabezindaba ngendlela izitabane eziphathwa ngayo,” echaza. “Umhlaba ubugubha ama-Olympics eRussia ngenkathi izindaba ziqala ukuvela mayelana nokudlwengulwa kwezilwane zase-Russian LGBT bese kwehliswa ubuntu kumavidiyo afakwe ku-inthanethi. Laba bantu bebephelelwa yimisebenzi futhi belahlwa yimindeni yabo futhi abezindaba abakhulu babonakala bengenandaba.”

Wahlala phansi waqala ukubhala futhi ngokushesha indaba/isikripthi se-“PYOTR495” saqedwa.

Le filimu igxile ensizwa okuthiwa uPyotr evuma ukuhlangana nendoda ehlangane nayo ngohlelo lokusebenza lokuxhumanisa. Usuka ebusuku eyohlangana nale ndoda endlini yakhe lapho ayecabanga ukuthi ubusuku bonke bokwenza ucansi kodwa athole ukuthi isingene ogibeni oluyingozi.

Le ndoda nabangane bayo bayenge ngamabomu uPyotr ukuba baye efulethini ukuze bamhlazise. Bambambe phansi kubhavu futhi baphuce izingxenye zekhanda lakhe, bapende izingxenye eziphuciwe zibe luhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Bamthela ngomchamo ebusweni, njalo bememeza bethi benza lokhu nje ukumsiza. U-Pyotr ukhala ecela usizo futhi uyabancenga ukuba bamshiye yedwa, kodwa ukukhala kwakhe kuvele kubangele abahlukumezi bakhe.

Bese u-Pyotr eqhekeka…bese ephenduka isilo esinamandla angacabangeki.

KuMawson, kwaba ngezindlela eziningi ukubuyela ezimpandeni zakhe ezesabekayo. Uyise wayengumlandeli wezilo zakudala ze-Universal futhi ukhumbula ebukela izihloko ezifana nalezi Indoda Yempisi futhi Frankenstein futhi I onesifumbu of Notre Dame ngokuphindaphindiwe njengengane. Isithombe salezo zixuku ezijaha “izilo” besilokhu sinamathela kuye futhi sisho nakakhulu njengoba esephuma.

“[Izilo] zihlale zijahwa abantu bendawo bephethe izimfoloko namathoshi,” kukhumbula uMawson. “Njengomuntu oyisitabane oza emhlabeni, uzizwa ngaleyo ndlela ngezinye izikhathi. Owesilisa osemusha waseRussia oyisitabane esisendaweni ephikayo ukuba khona kwakho futhi ukwenze ubugebengu ngesikhathi esifanayo kufanele azizwe njengesiqalekiso.”

UMawson waqhubeka nokuthuthukisa lo mbono wokuthi izitabane zithunyelwa esihogweni kwaze kwaba yilapho kwakheka umcabango omusha. Kuthiwani uma ukuphuma kwakufana nokudlula esihogweni? Kuthiwani uma ukudlula esihogweni kwakushintsha, kwakunika amandla owawungenawo ngaphambi kwenqubo. Uma ucindezela okuthile okufana nokukhetha kwakho ubulili impilo yakho yonke, kwenzekani lapho lokho kucindezela kukhululwa ekugcineni?

Yonke le mibuzo kanye nezimpendulo zayo ezalandela zasebenza ngendlela yazo kumbhalo kaMawson nasesikrinini.

UMawson udale ifilimu ebabazekayo nenamandla. Imigwaqo engasasebenzi kanye nezakhiwo zaseBerlin zilingisa ngokuphelele ukubukeka kwengxenye entula yaseMoscow ngenkathi esebenzisa ingaphakathi lesonto langempela elidala eToronto ukwakha amasethi angaphakathi efulethini lapho uPyotr ehlushwa khona.

Isihlabani sefilimu, u-Alex Ozerov (ongase umbone ezindimeni eziphindaphindayo kwethi “The Americans” kanye nethi “Orphan Black”) ungowokuzalwa eRussia owahamba eneminyaka engu-13 nabazali bakhe wathuthela eToronto. U-Ozerov uletha ubuhle nokuzwela endimeni kaPyotr ngaphambi kokushintshashintsha kwakhe. Adonse izethameli sigcwale uzwelo njengoba ehlaselwa, ngizithole sengimgxisha njengoba amatafula ephenduka kuqhamuka isilo esibi esingaphakathi kuye.

I-“PYOTR495” njengamanje yenza imizuliswano yomjikelezo wefestivali futhi izofakwa kuyo Abafana kwiFilimu 16: Impahla ezophuma ngoJuni 12, 2017. Kuzobe kukhonjiswa le filimu ngo FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival ngoJuni 10, i-2017.

Umqondisi osemncane uthe ukujabulele kakhulu ukubona imikhosi yamafilimu ye-LGBT eyengeziwe iveza isikhathi semali yohlobo oluningi.

"Kunobudlelwano obudala phakathi kobugebenga kanye nokwethuka kanye nakho konke ukuhlolwa engangikuhambele emikhosini ye-LGBT okwakudale umbukiso osabekayo kugcine kuthengiswe ngokuphelele, ngakho lokho kukhuluma ngokuthile!"

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