U-Dominic Haxton ubengafuni ngempela ukwenza enye ifilimu emfushane. Wayesevele enze okune futhi wayegxile efilimini esabekayo esabekayo ayeyithanda kakhulu. Ngenhlanhla yethu, umngane wakhe wamqinisekisa ukuthi enze enye futhi. “Tonight Its You” ingeyodwa yezincwadi.

“Tonight Its You” kuvula u-CJ ehlezi eceleni kwechibi odinga kakhulu ukuhlanzwa. Njengoba egqolozele phezu kwamanzi, siba nomuzwa wokuthi ukuphila akuyona into ayifunayo. Siyamlandela sibuyela ekhaya lakhe le-claustrophobic futhi ubusuku bakhe buyashintsha lapho ethola isaziso kuhlelo lokusebenza lokuxhumanisa. Ukudubula kwe-torso okuphoqelekile kuhle futhi uyavuma ukuhlangana.

Bese efika uyalelwe ukuthi bahlangane eshede elingaphandle. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, thula.

“Bengifuna ukudlala ngokulindelwe yizilaleli ukuthi uvalo lwaluqhamuka kuphi,” kuchaza uHaxton. “Uma efika eshede ubona izithombe zemimoya uzibuze ukuthi kwenzakalani. Bese uhlangana nomfana uxakile kodwa baqhubeke baxhumane uzibuze ukuthi kwenzakalani. Bese ephuma ubaba wale nsizwa endlini ucabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe bamyengile uCJ kanti kukhona abazomenza khona.”

Njengoba insizwa, uHunter, iphuma iyohlangabeza uyise, sibona ngokushesha ukuthi akubona ubuhlobo obuhle lobu. Ubaba ufuna ukwazi ukuthi indodana yakhe ibiphetheni, uma ingaphenduli kuthiwe akangene. Njengoba bobabili behlala ezindlini, u-CJ unquma ukuthi manje yithuba lakhe lokuhamba. Ithuba liyisikhashana nokho njengoba kungena enye imoto futhi umshumayeli wedolobha elincane nomkakhe baphuma emotweni.

Esinqumweni sesibili esihlukene, u-CJ ungena ngefasitela endlini, wathola u-Hunter, insizwa emnandi ayekade eya nayo ocansini imizuzwana embalwa ngaphambili, eboshwe futhi evalwe umlomo embhedeni. Aqale amthukulule kodwa kuphoqeleke ukuthi ayocasha ekhabetheni njengoba kungena ubaba, umfundisi nomkakhe. Futhi lokho, bafundi, yilapho ukwesaba kwangempela kuqala.

Njengoba umfundisi ethandazela uHunter, ngangiqiniseka ukuthi babezama ukukhipha i-gay kuye. Ngivela edolobheni elincane elisemaphandleni ase-East Texas futhi lowo mbono awukafiki kimina. Nokho, akuthathi isikhathi eside ukuthi izethameli kanye no-CJ babone ukuthi kuningi okuqhubekayo lapha.

Uyabona lo mfana uvele wangenwa yimimoya.

“Indaba enganginayo yayidlala ngokwesaba ukuba yisitabane edolobheni elincane, uhlala nabazali bakho, futhi abanalwazi ngobulili bakho,” kusho umqondisi kimi. “Ngakho-ke sadlala ngalo mfanekiso wokuthi umuntu ocindezelwe ucansi ufana nedimoni elingaphakathi kuye. Kukhona abantu abakholelwa ngempela ukuthi izitabane zigcwele imimoya. Ungangena ku-YouTube futhi ubone amavidiyo 'okukhishwa kwezitabane'."

U-Haxton uphendulela phansi i-gay exorcism, nokho. Kwenzakalani uma usufuna ukukhipha isitabane kumuntu kuvele ukuthi ungenwe yini ngempela? U-Haxton ufuna kucace, nokho, ukuthi akawukhuthazi umbono wokuthi omunye udala omunye.

“Abantu abaningi baye baphawula ukuthi ngilinganisa ukuba yisitabane namademoni,” usho kanje. “Kunale nkolelo yokuthi uma wenza ifilimu enesihloko esithi gay horror ngeke lo muntu noma lowo muntu abe ngumuntu omubi ngoba usuke ufanisa ukuba yisitabane nokuba mubi. Babhikisha Ukuthula kwamaWundlu ngoba bethi idweba isithombe esibi ngama-trans people. Benza into efanayo ngomlingiswa othandana nabanye abantu besifazane Instinct Basic. Noma nini lapho sibona ukumelwa kwabalingisi abayizigebenga ngokuthusayo noma ngokungabaza/okujabulisayo ngendlela ephambene noma bebabonisa njengabaphikisi, abantu bacabanga ukuthi umenzi wefilimu uphawula okungekuhle ngakho. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi, lo mlingisi uvele abe yisitabane futhi avele angenwe idemoni.”

Yonke enye ifilimu igxuma ngokunemba okwesabekayo isuka endaweni iye kwesinye njengoba i-CJ izama ngamandla ukubalekela isimo ayengakaze asicabange, futhi u-Haxton udonsa kahle isiqephu ngasinye ndawonye Uneso elibukhali eligxile ekwesabeni ukuze acindezele umbukeli esihlalweni sakhe.

U-Jake Robbins unikeza ukudlala okuqinile njengo-CJ Akagcini nje ngokuba ngumlingisi onethalente onobuhle bendoda yakudala kodwa uyakwazi nokudlala umdlalo ozwelayo nothembekile njengoba kwenzeka okumangalisayo nokuthusayo eduze kwakhe. Isigcawu sothando abelana ngaso no-Ian Lerch (Hunter) siyashukumisa ukuvusa inkanuko futhi kuhle ukuba sengozini kwayo ngokomzwelo. Ungasizwa isidingo sikaHunter sokuthintwa futhi uthintwe omunye umuntu kanye nesifiso sika-CJ esicishe sivikele futhi sibe namandla.

Le filimu kufanele ibonwe kubabukeli abaqondile nabangamaqili ngokufanayo. Abalingiswa abayizitabane baqhelelene nemibono engaguquki, ngisho noma behlangana ngaphansi kwezimo ezivamile. Nokho, bangabantu abanakho konke ukwehluleka komuntu okuhambisana nesimo sethu.

"Tonight It's You" izobe idlala njengengxenye ye-horror block ekhethekile FilmOut San Diego film festival ngo-June 10, 2017 kusukela ngo-10 ebusuku!

Tonight Nguwe (Gay Short Film) kusukela UDominic Haxton on Vimeo.