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Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

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Xolani Thandikaya Qubeka (born 26 March 1979), [1] professionally known as Jahmil X.T Qubeka , is a South African film director , screenwriter , and producer . [2]

Jahmil X.T Qubeka
Qubeka at the 2019 African Films Festival
Born
Xolani Thandikaya Qubeka

( 1979-03-26 ) 26 March 1979 (age 45)
Mdantsane, Eastern Cape , South Africa
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active 2000–present

He has mostly worked on action , crime , and drama films that tell the story of post-apartheid South Africa, and has received multiple accolades, including Best Director at the 15th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Sew the Winter to My Skin . [3]

Personal life [ edit ]

Qubeka was born in a Xhosa family in what used to be the nominally independent state of Ciskei . Although he was born during the apartheid era, he grew up in a relatively elite Black neighborhood, and stated that he "doesn’t have the weight of apartheid on his shoulders." He describes his father as a cinephile who constantly watched movies. [4]

He states that Stanley Kubrick and Fritz Lang are among his biggest cinematic influences, but that he also enjoys comedy and is a huge fan of American comedian Eddie Murphy . He also stated that the 1982 Murphy-starring 48 Hrs. is one of his favorite films. [4]

Cinematic career [ edit ]

Qubeka's 2013 film Of Good Report was originally chosen to open the Durban International Film Festival , but was announced that it was banned by the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa for containing an "unethical" romance between a teacher and a student , [4] constituting what the board said was " child pornography ". This decision was later overturned after an appeal by the producers of the film. [5] Of Good Report later won the 2014 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film . [6]

He won the award for Best Director for his action thriller Sew the Winter to My Skin at the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards that were held in Lagos , Nigeria . [7]

Speaking on his 2019 film Knuckle City , Qubeka stated that he looked forward to mixing genres on his future film projects, and also spoke about the " toxic masculinity " that exists in South African culture . [8]

In 2022, Qubeka released two television series. His epic fantasy series Blood Psalms launched on Showmax in September and billed as its biggest and most ambitious production to date. [9] It stars South African actress Thando Thabethe , Sello Maake Ka Ncube and Warren Masemola , and tells the story of an African queen battling a world-ending prophecy to navigate her people through politics and never-ending wars. [10] [11] In November, his Kings of Queenstown, a Netflix original series about a young soccer prodigy, was released. As of November 2022, he is in pre-production on the supernatural thriller The White Devil, based on a book by the same name. [12]

Reception [ edit ]

Guy Lodge for Variety praised Qubeka's unique attempts of telling post-apartheid South Africa's story in film making that is not solely based on racial segregation , but violence and patriarchal sexuality . The adoption of black and white sequence of images, as opposed to colored, was also highlighted as adding a positive uniqueness to the film Of Good Report . He summarized its review by stating, "Jahmil X.T. Qubeka's striking but grisly feature swerves wildly from obsessive student-teacher romance into splattering horror." [13]

Filmography [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "5 Questions for Filmmaker Jahmil XT Qubeka" . africasacountry . Retrieved 18 April 2020 .
  2. ^ "Jahmil X.T. Qubeka" . IMDb . Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
  3. ^ "AMAA 2019: Here are all the winners at the 15th edition of movie award" . Pulse Nigeria . 27 October 2019 . Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
  4. ^ a b c Rorich, Dezi (22 July 2013). "South Africa Banned Film Director Jahmil Qubeka Speaks Out" . Variety . Retrieved 16 November 2019 .
  5. ^ "Of Good Report: The serial killer movie they tried to ban" . CNN . 21 August 2013 . Retrieved 18 November 2018 .
  6. ^ "SA's 'Of Good Report' scoops 13 Africa movie award nominations" . 8 May 2014 . Retrieved 18 November 2018 .
  7. ^ Gbenga, Bada (27 October 2019). "AMAA 2019: Here are all the winners at the 15th edition of award" . Pulse NG . Retrieved 29 October 2019 .
  8. ^ Vourlias, Christopher (18 July 2019). "Jahmil X.T. Qubeka on Durban Opening-Night Film 'Knuckle City' " . Variety . Retrieved 16 November 2019 .
  9. ^ Whittock, Jesse (17 August 2022). "Rising South African Streamer Showmax Talks Co-Production And "'Black Panther' Effect" As Firm Reveals First Trailer For African Fantasy Drama 'Blood Psalms' " . Deadline . Retrieved 26 November 2022 .
  10. ^ Ferreira, Thinus. "Epic new local drama series Blood Psalms coming to Showmax in 2021" . Channel . Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
  11. ^ " 'Blood Psalms' shot in Eastern Cape to be aired internationally" . DispatchLIVE . Retrieved 17 August 2020 .
  12. ^ "Jahmil working on spooky film" . TimesLIVE . Retrieved 26 November 2022 .
  13. ^ Lodge, Guy (5 November 2013). "Film Review: 'Of Good Report' " . Variety . Retrieved 16 November 2019 .

External links [ edit ]

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