Bringing you along on a journey to the heart of Komani, The Queenstown Kings will premiere on Netflix on 17 November 2023. Starring award-winning actor Zolisa Xaluva, this football film is set in the rural grounds of Eastern Cape, Komani.
Making his return to our screens as a “washed up soccer star” from Queenstown, Zolisa has expressed his enthusiasm sharing that “I can safely say it’s one of my favourite projects ever. I can’t wait for people to see it,” he told Sowetan Live.
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This drama-packed film is produced by South African film director and screenwriter, Xolani Thandikaya Qubeka, popularly referred to as Jahmil XT Qubeka, who hails from the Eastern Cape.
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Jahmil is knowledgeable in the filmmaking industry as he has produced Knuckle City, Sew the Winter to My Skin, Of Good Report, You’re My Favourite Place, A Small Town Called Descent, and many more.
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The synopsis of the movies as provided by Yellowbone Entertainment – an award-winning leading production company – shares that the movie is centred on “a prodigious young soccer player from rural Queenstown who must face the return of his washed-up, pro-footballer father, and navigate the choice between his team’s success and his own dreams.”
Cast members alongside Zolisa are Likhona Mgali, Unathi Faku and Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa.
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Compiled by Dideka Njemla
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