Eyona nto abantu bacinga ngayo ngathi

Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yee-l970, ndandiseRashiya, eyayiyinxalenye yeSoviet Union ngelo xesha. Ndandihamba ngebhasi kunye nabakhenkethi baseSwitzerland baseJamani, kwaye inye kuphela into endinokuyithetha ngesiJamani saseJamani ngu "halbi nooni," okuthetha ukuthi ngo-8: 30, kwaye yayilixesha lokukhwela ibhasi ntsasa nganye.

Ukufika kwethu kumda waseRussia, yonke ibhasi yabanjwa iiyure ezintathu kuba ndandifunda ikopi yeNewsweek, kwaye yayiquka nekhathuni kaBrezhnev – ukuba ndikhumbula ngokuchanekileyo- ndikhwele ibhombu. Ukugcwala kwamapolisa asemdeni kwavavanya ikhathuni ngokuzimisela okukhulu, kwaye ekugqibeleni wathimba iNewsweek yam, wandikhwelisa, wasivumela ukuba singene kweli lizwe.

Abantu abancinci baseRussia endadibana nabo babephethwe yingcinezelo yobomi babo. Baye babaleka emva kwam, bendibuza ukuba bangazithengela ijean yam. Bendiya kunyanzeleka ukuba ndonwabe, ngaphandle kokuba bendiya kuba ze kwizitrato zaseMoscow. Omnye wabo wandicenga ukuba ndidibane naye ebusuku, epakini yalapho, apho wayeziva ekhuselekile emehlweni eentlola kwaye endixelela indlela alusizi ngayo.

"Mhlawumbi ngenye imini ungatyelela eMelika," ndimxelele.

"Andisoze ndiye eMelika," utshilo. Iintsapho zabantu ziyabashiya xa bengenamisebenzi okanye imali. Bahlala ezitalatweni. Abanakhaya. Kufuneka bacele imali yokutya. Andinakukunyamezela ukubona oko. ”

Ndothuka. Kwakungokokuqala ukuba ndidibane nomntu owothuswa kukungalingani koluntu lwaseMelika, kwaye akazange afune ukundwendwela.

Ukutyhubela iminyaka, ndiye ndadibana nabanye abangavumiyo ukutyelela ilizwe lam. Babothuswa ziimfazwe zethu zokuziphatha kakubi zangaphandle, kwaye babengafuni ukunika imali yabakhenkethi ukuxhasa ukungakhathali okwenzakalisayo.

Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, ndiye ndadibana nabantu kumazwe ahlukeneyo afana neWales, Turkey, Switzerland, French Polynesia, kunye neChile abangavumiyo ukuya kunxweme lwethu. Ndihlala ndizama ukubaxelela indlela emangalisa ngayo, enamacala amaninzi, kwaye enkulu iMelika, kwaye banokufumana imiphefumlo enabazalanayo abavakalelwa ngendlela abenza ngayo, kwaye bangathanda ukudibana nabo. Kodwa andikwazi ukuphikisana nento ebenza ukuba bafuna ukunqanda ukuza apha: ubundlobongela eMelika. Bayoyika ukuhamba ebusuku, babulawe, babe manani kugonyamelo lwemipu olugubungele ilizwe lethu. Abasiqondi isizathu sokuba abantu befuna imipu, okanye baphathe izixhobo ezifihliweyo. Bayamangaliswa zizigidi zemipu ezijikelezayo, kwaye kulula kangakanani ukuthenga enye. Boyika. Ndisoyika nje. Banokuzikhumbula izixeko zethu eziphilileyo, indalo entle, iifama, amabhodlo amandulo, ulwandle, amachibi kunye nabantu abanobuhlobo kunokuba babe semngciphekweni wokuphathwa gadalala.

“Singamadoda emkhosini. Sigcina imipu ekhaya. Kodwa asinanto injengobundlobongela bakho, ”yatsho indoda yaseSwitzerland.

Ndichithe iintsuku ezininzi ndicinga ngento esinokuyenza, njengabantu abathanda uxolo, ukuguqula izinto eMelika-hayi ukutsala abakhenkethi, kodwa ukuhlala ngokukhuselekileyo nangokukhuselekileyo. Khange ndize nantoni na ekhonkrithi de mna nomyeni wam uPaul saqala ukubukela iifilimu ezindala kwiNetflix ebusuku. Kwandichukumisa ukuba babuncinci kakhulu ubundlobongela kwiifilimu. Abantu baphikisana kwaye bahleka, babelulamile okanye bephinda-phinda, bethandwa, bethiyiwe, balwa, bekhuphisana, kwaye bezenza zonke ezinye izinto ezenziwa ngabantu, kodwa ngokubanzi bebengazisombululi iingxaki zabo ngezixhobo, kwaye bebengagawuli abantu. Xa kwakukho ubundlobongela, kwakungeyomfuneko ngokuhlekisayo kunye nokuzoba.

Yayahluke kakhulu kwimidlalo yeqonga. Phantse yonke itreyila yefilimu inezandi ezivakalayo, ukutshitshiswa kunye nemipu, imipu, ukubulala, igazi, izoyikiso, ukudubula, ukuqhuma, nokunye okuninzi. Kwiminyaka, ndikhanyele ukubona iifilimu zikaQuentin Tarantino, umzekelo. Into ayenzayo iyingozi: ubhangisa umdlalo kunye nobundlobongela. Njengokuhlekisa ukudubula nokubulala. Yimidlalo. Kukuzonwabisa. Iimfazwe zeenkwenkwezi zigcwele ukudubula kunye nokudubula kangangokuba emva kwethutyana awukwazi nokuxelela ukuba ngubani ohlasela bani, kwaye ngasiphi isizathu. Iifilimu zabantwana zihlanjwe ngobundlobongela.

Ndibonisile indlela ukutshaya kwakuhlala ngayo phantse kuzo zonke iifilimu. Kwakupholile ukukhanyisa. Kwaye emva koko yaba kukungapholi. Uxinzelelo lwabekwa eHollywood nakwimidlalo bhanyabhanya ukuba bangabi nazo iinkwenkwezi ezitshayayo. Kwaye ucinga ntoni? Kunqabile ukubona iinkwenkwezi ezitshayayo ngoku. Kwaye ukutshaya kuvinjelwe kwiindawo zokutyela nakwiindawo zikawonke-wonke.

Kutheni singenakwenza into enye ngemipu? Beka uxinzelelo olungapheliyo kwabo bavelisa inkcubeko-iifilimu, umabonwakude, umculo. Yenza imipu kunye nobundlobongela. Bonisa umdlalo weemeko zabantu kunye noxinzelelo, kwaye wenze njalo ngengcinga, endaweni yokubhenela kwizigqibo zobuvila ezixhomekeke kwizixhobo. Yenza igazi lingabi mnandi. Yenza ukubulala kube yinto eyoyikisayo, hayi umdlalo.

Ukuba sikwala iifilimu ezinobundlobongela ngokungeyomfuneko, iinkqubo zeTV, kunye nomculo, sinokuchaphazela amashishini abumba imeko yethu yenkcubeko. Sibamba inkxaso yethu kunye needola zethu. Ukuba amanani ethu aya enyuka, sinokuba nefuthe elibi kwezoqoqosho kwiinkampani ezikhupha ubundlobongela.

Ukuba akukho nto siyenzayo, siyinxalenye yengxaki.

Ndiyathemba ukuba ngenye imini, abo boyika ukuza kweli lizwe bangonwaba kunokuba boyike, kwaye banokuba namava eMelika enovelwano, onobubele, onenkathalo, kwaye, ngaphezu kwako konke, ukhuselekile.

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Iifoto nguPaul Ross.

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