Lockdown Heights: The new online craze
Some big names in the South African film industry; Clint Brink (Scandal), Schelaine Bennett(Isidingo), Camilla Waldman (Generations) Lunathi Mampofu , Bradley Olivier, Kristen Bella Mohammed, and many others, are making good on the country’s stringent lockdown.
They have created an online “soapie ” using their mobile phones. The new film “Lockdown Heights” is taking the social media by storm. It’s new and innovative manner of story telling is proving popular.
Referred to as a soup opera “like no other” by BBC NEWS, the home made production is a 10 minutes drama, first realised on March 27.
“Lockdown Heights give us a different perspective on the current lockdown and opens our eyes to the various circumstances that people might fine themselves in as they practice social distancing.”
Courtesy; Channel 24.