Famous 93 YUMI FM radio personality ‘Kasty’ Turner Arifaea, was part of the cast in the recently screened NANA film, a work which highlights the brutal reality of sorcery-related violence and living conditions of street children.
He explained that he took part in the production because of the powerful message behind the film.
“I took the role of Bubu because I felt deeply about the troubles of sorcery accusations.”
“Innocent women, innocent mothers are harmed by their own relatives and do not even feel safe in their own village just because of some rumors.”
“It is not right to take the law into your own hands, taking it into your hands and ending someone else’s life.”
Kasty added that during the film one of the most difficult parts about filming was getting the scripts right as well as certain parts of the shooting.
“As someone who does a lot of radio shows in Tok Pisin, getting my dialogue right was difficult because it was an English-speaking film.”
“But the hardest and most emotionally charged circumstance was the final scene filmed, when the little girls dies, and I cried.”
“As a grandfather myself, this particular scenario was extra painful.”
Kasty explains that he wishes to bring out the message of awareness, of false accusations in sorcery.
“These beliefs and practices of the past are harmful and do not serve our societies well.”
“It is terrible to let someone innocent fall into the hands of their enemies.”
He challenges everyone to show respect to one another and to not be insistent on taking matters into their own hands.
1 Comment
Pingback: dlvr.it