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Mothusi Magano in three acts

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Genre : Society news
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Release/publication date : 2013
Published on : 24/09/2013
Source : Allacine
http://allacine.com/mothusi-magano-three-acts/

What lies behind the man, is a mystery, his character are always defined by what they bear. In his latest film, "Of good report" by acclaimed South African director Jahmil X.T. Qubeka his character is taken to an ignominious extent; but this is due to the misunderstandings the film's nature has casted since its first ban and unbanned status in its country of origin, South Africa.

Known internationally for three titles, Tsotsi for his role as Boston, in Hotel Rwanda as Tutsi ethnic journalist Benedict and lately for his most notable role in "Of good report" as Parker Sithole a rather sympathetic and well educated teacher turned serial killer. In this article I would like to look at the state of mind of this incredible actor in the above three titles.

Born in the small village of Phokeng on the outskirts of Rustenburg. At the age of five, his family moved to Mafikeng where, at the Mmabana Cultural centre, he got his first taste of performance in a pantomime called A Dragon For Dinner. After his first initial role in a friend's production in 2003, he acted in numerous theatre productions including The Third Man, Stones in His Pockets, Venus, Four, Lysistrata, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Bread and Butter, Maid in the New South Africa, American Buffalo, The Coloured Museum, Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Hamlet, which later led him to the big screens.

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