Zeropoint 528

Project Title:

I AM CHUMA

Tagline: Within and without

Running time: 7,35 minutes (short film version) & 75 minutes- (feature length documentary)

Genre:  Animated-hybrid experimental documentary

A disabled, black, lesbian woman is triggered, releasing suppressed traumas of a gang rape and brutal attacks when she connects to a state of creative “flow” by picking up a stick. The animated hybrid story of Chuma Somdaka, studying business in Cape Town, finds her living rough on a bench for 3 years. She discovers her gift of art in a transformative moment setting in motion an empowering healing journey, but meets new societal challenges in her desire to remain connected to her bliss.

Genre / 

Animated-hybrid experimental documentary

Running time / 

75 minutes

Production company / 

Zeropoint 528

Year / 

2019/2020