简介：AThaifilmmakeraskedanAfricanfilmmakertomakeashortdramafilm.Theprocesswasdocumentedandincludedinthefilm.Afilmaboutthemagicoffilmmaking,butalsoafilmwithanimposingmagician. TheyoungThaiartistandfilmmakerJakrawalNilthamrongthoughtupanunusualformforhiscontributiontotheForgetAfricaprogramme.Hisfilmwastobeamixtureofdocumentaryandfiction,buthealsowroteaplanforthedocumentarypart.EvenbeforeheleftforZambia,wherehewasgoingtomakethefilm,heapproachedthreeyoungZambiandirectors.Heaskedallthreetomakeaplanforashortfilm.InZambia,Nilthamrongheldauditionsandchoseoneoftheprojects,whichwasthenalsoactuallymade.Thewholeprocess-includingtheauditionsandlaterproductiondiscussionsandrehearsals-wasrecordedonfilm.Thefilmishenceitsown‘makingof’,asitwere. ThedirectoronthespotwastobeWatsonMututa,whoproposedastoryaboutafatherwhocallsinthehelpofamanwhodanceswithspiritsforhisdyingson.Afteraritual,thedancersaysthattheboyhastobetakentoahugewaterfall.Thenhewillbeabletosurviveinadifferentform. Thedocumentaryandfictionalimageshavebeenjuxtaposedintheediting;thefilmstartswithfictionandonlylaterdoesitbecomeapparentinwhichfactualcontexttheybelong.Nilthamrongpresentshisunusualapproachinanequallyunusualandcomplexform.Andinoftenoverwhelmingimages.MagicAfricanimages.…