Umbhali, umqondisi, nomlingisi uCraig Mapp kubukeka sengathi uchithe isikhathi esiningi sempilo yakhe ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo angazange azikhethele yona, kepha nokho uyavuma ukuthi ngayinye yalezi zindawo zemihlangano ilolonge indoda abe yiyo.

Indodana kababa omnyama nomama wendabuko, uMapp wachitha iminyaka yakhe yobuntwana ukuthola indawo yakhe emhlabeni. Ukhumbula ngothando edlala nezingane zakubo zesizwe endaweni ebekiwe futhi ezama ukukhothoza emndenini kayise ukuthi kusho ukuthini nokuba mnyama.

Ngaphandle kwezinselelo ezisobala lapho la mazwe womabili eshayisana kwesinye isikhathi, noma kunjalo, usakhumbula ukukhula kwakhe njengesipiliyoni esihle, futhi esamlungiselela kakhulu ukuba nobuningi bezwe elalimzungezile.

Lapho kufika isikhathi sokukhetha indlela yakhe empilweni, waya eNew York Film Academy eBurbank, eCalifornia lapho athola khona i-BFA yakhe kwifilimu, futhi usebenzise isikhathi sakhe selokhu asebenza ebangeni eliphezulu, ethatha imisebenzi ebingangcono zilungiselele ukuba umbalisi wezindaba nomenzi wamafilimu afuna ukuba yikho.

Umlandeli wesikhathi eside owesabekayo kuningi abengakusho lapho sihlala phansi ukuxoxa ngesiqondiso impilo yakhe esesiyithathile eminyakeni yamuva, namabhayisikobho anomthelela kuye uqobo nokumthinta njengomenzi wamafilimu nomlandeli.

"Ngithanda injabulo yokwesaba," wangitshela. “Kujahe kakhulu kimi. Ngiwathanda kakhulu lawo mafilimu ashaqisayo asha ngokwengqondo afana nawo Hereditary. Ngiyayithanda indlela obungazi ngayo ukuthi uvalo luyeza nini. Lokho kuhamba kancane kubeka isikhumba sami kukhasa. ”

UMapp uqhubeke nokuhlunga amafilimu afana nalawa Suspiria futhi The Shining phakathi kohlu lwakhe lwezintandokazi, noma esho, kuyamkhathaza ukuthi uhlobo alunikezwa inhlonipho enkulu kweminye imibuthano. Uveza ukuthi uJordan Peele uwina i-Academy Award ye- Phuma uzizwe njengokunqoba okungaphezu nje komenzi wamafilimu ngaleso sikhathi.

"Ngangikwazi ukuzibamba ngizwa ukuthi lokhu kwakuvula iminyango hhayi lolu hlobo nje kuphela kodwa futhi nabantu abamnyama abazakhela uhlobo oluhlasimulisayo," echaza. “Akagcini ngokudala izinto ezimnandi. Udala okwakudala. Kunezendlalelo eziningi lapho. ”

Yilezo zingqimba ezifanayo uMapp afuna ukuziletha kwifilimu entsha ayibhalayo njengamanje engena ezinganekwaneni zesizwe sase-Algonquin saseQuebec. Kuyithuba lokuthi axoxe indaba ebekwe yaqina emhlabeni wabantu bakanina futhi umqondo uyamjabulisa ngenkathi futhi engeza ungqimba lwesibopho.

"Sizothinta amakoloni nokuhlala kwamaFrance," esho. “Ukudlwengula nokuphanga okuningi kwaqhubeka ngaleso sikhathi kanti umlingisi wami oyinhloko ungowesifazane owavela kulokho. Uyingxenye yesiFulentshi nengxenye u-Algonquin futhi uzama ukuthola indawo yakhe kulowo mhlaba. Isiko laboMdabu liyinto engajwayelekile kwifilimu, ikakhulukazi ngokombono wabomdabu, futhi ngifuna ukukukhanyisa lokho. ”

Endabeni, iningi lamadoda esizweni sakhe alimele noma ahluleka ukuphuma ayohlinzeka abantu bawo, ngakho-ke ubeka ukubanjwa koboya njengalokho akubheka njengendlela yakhe kuphela yokubuyisela esizweni. Ngeshwa lakhe, njengoba engena ehlathini, uzithola ebhekene ubuso nobuso nezilo ezivela ezindabeni abetshelwa zona impilo yakhe yonke.

“Abantu bakamama bathanda imishado kakhulu futhi ngifuna ukukukhombisa lokho,” engeza. “Kodwa futhi ngifuna ukukhombisa abantu baseCanada ngendlela abantu abaningi abangayiboni. Abantu abaningi bajwayelene neVancouver noma iMontreal, kodwa abakaze bafundiswe eGreat Woods yaseCanada. ”

UMapp uqambe lo mlingisi ophakathi ngezindlela ezisobala zokuzibonakalisa njengomuntu ovela emihlabeni emibili, kodwa futhi ulethe okuthile, mhlawumbe okungokwakhe kakhulu, kumlingiswa ngokuthi uzoba yisimanga.

UMapp, naye uqobo, ukhomba njenge-pansexual futhi usanda kukudalula lokho obala.

"Bengihlale ngazi ukuthi uthando lwami lungawela kunoma ngubani," esho. “Kuya ngokuthi ngiyahlangana nomuntu noma cha kunokuba ngikhulume ngobulili balowo muntu. Ngisakhula, ubaba wami ungumKristu oqinile kakhulu ngakho-ke bekuyingxenye yami engingakwazi ukuyifunda ngaze ngaba mdala. ”

Lo menzi wefilimu ubesenesikhathi ephumile eya kubangani bakhe, futhi uthi ubethandana nobubanzi, kodwa izinto zaba ngokoqobo ngokwengeziwe lapho ethatha isinqumo sokwenza i- "Facebook Official".

“I-Facebook iyithuluzi elinamandla. Ngezinye izinsuku kuba sengathi ngikwazi nokushintsha eminye imiqondo, ”kusho yena ehleka. “Impela ingcindezi enkulu futhi ngizwa sengathi abantu abamnyama abamnyama baphula kancane ezinye zezikhunta emphakathini wethu omkhulu. Kuzwakala kamnandi lapho indoda eqondile emnyama ithi kimi ukuthi ayikaze ibhekwe njengokuthile engikuthumelayo mayelana nokuba ngumuntu omnyama nokumnyama futhi lokho kuhle. Bese ngithola abantu abathi umphakathi omnyama we-LGBTQ udiliza umphakathi wabantu abamnyama futhi ngifisa ukushaya ikhanda lami ngodonga. ”

Ngaphandle kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ejele leFacebook lapha nalaphaya, uMapp ubambe inguquko yokuphumela obala ngomusa ozalwe ngokukhula njengebhuloho phakathi kwamasiko amabili, futhi amathalente akhe amakhulu ayaqhubeka nokukhula ngokwambulwa kwakhe.

Anginakungabaza ukuthi lawo mathalenta azoqhubeka nokulolonga uhlobo esiluthandayo. Maka amagama ami, uCraig Mapp yigama ozofuna ukulazi.