Documentary exposes the paucity of creative the industry
Renowned creative, Kealeboga Mosekiemang has released a new documentary dubbed ‘ Parked’ which encapsulates the daily struggles of the creatives industry in the midst of Covid- 19.
Coming up with this work was not that easy. Mosekiemang tells BG Style that as a female member of the creatives industry, she has also faced so many challenges, including lack of spaces to show case her work.
In this well- thought of documentary, she features five artistes being: Onalenna Maje known better as Teacobuoy, Fab, Tasman Pule, Kenaleone Mosekiemang and Thabang Molefe who were interviewed and all admit that all they have to do is think outside the box as their lives have been put on hold since the Covid- 19 pandemic.
Mosekiemang explains that the documentary was sponsored by African Culture fund, and this was a way of giving a bit of incentives to the artists crew members to make the shoot possible. As a writer and producer of the documentary, Mosekiemang reiterates that she had to come up with content that doesn’t only target Botswana but the creatives industry internationally.
They were faced with challenges while working on this documentary, because of curfew and restrictions of movements, “We couldn’t take a lot of footage or get to other locations to make it a full documentary, as we had wished,” she said noting that they had to release what they have put together pending the normalisation of the situation in the future. The name ‘ parked’ was influenced by the fact that they have so many ideas that need to be part of the documentary but circumstances couldn’t allow them to include everything in the documentary for now.
They anticipate having more collaboration with both local and international acts.
“Covid has limited us for now but we promise to bring more production, to show versatility and show facts during this trying time,” noted Mosekiemang. She appreciated the crew members, Abanell Ngwenya, Cindy Sibanda and Thabiso Dube for their creativity and illustrating that there is talent in Botswana. Parked documentary is available on Facebook on cherryapple and on Youtube, and the crew is happy about the positive feedback that they receive so far.