Mandla Dube’s “Heart of the Hunter” on Netflix March 29, 2024
While Mandla Dube is developing and prepping for his Yasuke feature film, Netflix has revealed his upcoming Heart of the Hunter, premiering on Netflix on 29th March, 2024. This is one part of Mandla’s high-profile talent deal with them. The film, directed by the incomparable Mandlakayise Walter Dube, (SAFTA Winning Silverton Siege), is set in a post-democratic […]
Meeting in Tokyo to plan the Yasuke Film Projects
Professor KANEKO Hiraku of Tokyo University, Mandla Dube and Deborah DeSnoo, meeting in Tokyo to discuss plans for a dramatic feature film on Yasuke.
South African director Mandla Dube at Akira Kurosawa’s grave
South African director Mandla Dube(Kalushi (2016, now on Netflix) at Akira Kurosawa’s grave at An’yō-in Temple, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Mandla was in Japan to do research and logistical planing for his film on Yasuke, the 16th century African warrior who became the first non-Japanese Samurai. He has partnered with Floyd Webb(assoc producer, Julie Dash’s […]
South African Director Mandla Dube meets with Netflix about his Yasuke feature project.
South African director Mandla Dube, whose film Kalushi is presently playing on Netflix, met in Johannesburg with Ted Sarandon and David Kosse, content officers of Netflix, talking about his upcoming dramatic action feature on Yasuke. Deborah and I have partnered with him to provide research and story consultancy for his project, that will be a Netflix […]
Research and Development has begun on the Yasuke Film
We are now deep into research and development on The Yasuke film. Deborah DeSnoo in Japan, Floyd Webb in Chicago and Johnpaul William in Los Angeles are hard at work as a team in a unified effort to make this project happen. Based in Japan, Deborah DeSnoo has done epic documentaries before. You might have seen […]