Wizard
New York African Film Festival 2019
May 30 - June 4, 2019
It’s New Year’s Eve in the iconic township of Atteridgeville. Two boys try to pull off a huge deal, dodge a kingpin gangster and his violent gang members, get the girl, and, finally, save their own lives.
Q&A with Executive Producer Luke Henkeman on May 31
It’s New Year’s Eve in Atteridgeville, and Lefa is on the cusp of major change. Accepted into university to study botany, he’s about to leave the ghetto township that has been his home—if only his deadbeat father will come through with his school fees. The easy life is on the horizon, but he and his best friend, an albino would-be gangster, Paapi, need to first find a way to navigate the difficult life at home.
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