No need for DM’s, I can address the issue ya @Kabomo out here. This is not me trolling him but a movie was shot, there was no money to pay artists but people worked anyway. You know why? Here was a young, black creative in need of a break. A lot of actors believed in his dream...
Hence you see a stellar cast. Even when it was rough, people chose to work so this thing can become a reality. Before we even get to not getting paid, we can start at the fees people were willing to work for. Saying the money was little is an understatement
And we all know that the department or foundations sometimes take long to pay you as the producer, if they do the money is little. You ask, why am I on Kabomo’s case? Because he couldn’t and didn’t communicate
Ducking and diving is not the way to do it. Tell people what’s going on and the plan of action going forward. I know Kabomo doesn’t have millions to pay the people that worked for him. He said he got part payment and most was used to shoot the film
After messages and calling him over and over he finally got hold of me. Even then I still understood that he struggled with the project and funding. I simply said to him that there was no need to pay me. I’ve written it off but if he can please sort other people out
Did he eventually get the rest of the money? I don’t know. Even if he didn’t, he still owed the actors and crew an update, an explanation, whatever. Communication bathong! Now, let’s just assume that he never got paid. What should Kabomo have done?
He could have held on to the final product instead of submitting it. Now it’s on Showmax. Did he tell them that talent and crew was not paid? Maybe the show is on Showmax so money can be generated and people finally get paid, four years later?
But keeping quiet and going about your business not thinking of the people that served you, gave their all, supported you so you have amazing project, is not the way to do it. I know you still going to try your hand at this again. Who will you call to come work with you?
More than that, who will want to work with/for you. Four years is a long time to not do or say anything. We should be celebrating your achievement instead of being grumpy about an unpaid debt that could have been easily sorted out.
I still wish you the best, you hustle like crazy everywhere- tv, music, radio, print- and you don’t stop pushing. You’re so talented wena @Kabomo. I hope it pays off in a big way so you are able to pay others. Stop ‘scamming’ people, communicate, let’s move forward. I thank you.
