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Kabwe launches Rock of Wealth festival

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Kabwe has become the latest region in the country to have a film festival dubbed Kabwe-ka-Mukuba (Rock of Wealth) Film Festival of Zambia.
The festival is the brainchild of Child Exposure Zambia Arts (Chieza), Mumbi Via Media and Ichilumba Arts and Culture Foundation.
The inaugural event was held from August 19 to 22 at Clayton Park.
Kabwe Mayor Richard Bango officially opened the festival last Wednesday night at which Catherine Kaseketi of Vilole Images, which is behind the organising of Shungu Namutitima (Smoke that Thunders) International Film Festival in Livingstone, was the special guest.
Chieza executive director Gabriel Mbambala said the three organisations were inspired by Catherine Kaseketi to come up with a film festival.
This was after she conducted a workshop in Kabwe in January this year.
“This is the first time we are having this festival. We were inspired by Catherine Kaseketi, who was in Kabwe in January for a workshop on filming. So from there that’s how the idea was developed,” Mbambala said in an interview last Saturday night when the festival closed.
Gospel musician John Chiti performed at the event, which attracted a good number of people, but was affected by load shedding.
Among the people who witnessed the official opening of the festival were representatives of the Central Province and Kabwe district cultural affairs offices and the National Arts Council.
Mbambala said as a cradle of politics in Zambia, a home of the Broken Hill man and a mining town, Kabwe has a special place in the political and archaeological history of Zambia.
And Mumbi Via Media principal project coordinator Mwape Mumbi lauded the partnership of the three organisations and the role that Vilole Images played for Kabwe-Ka-Mukuba Film Festival of Zambia to become a reality.
“There is a general complaint about lack of arts related recreation events taking place in Kabwe that are family-friendly. The idea of the film festival is welcome, and we are excited about it,” Mumbi said.
He said despite the lack of funds during the organisation of the event, the three organisations were not discouraged as they wanted Kabwe to have a film festival that everyone in the area would be looking forward to attending.
Meanwhile, the Man Shot Down, done in South Africa, Suwa, a Zambian film done by Kaseketi and Gift Hands were the films that were screened during the festival.
The films were also screened in Makululu and Nkole townships.
The participants had forums on disability issues, arts, tips to directors and film screening.
On Saturday, there was a children’s fun day and the young ones participated in various games, storytelling and acting

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