The cut-throat hyper-capitalist nature of the world we live in has led to an identity crisis for some men. The inability to fulfil their patriarchal duties due to various socioeconomic factors and imbalances have left many of them shirking their responsibilities and obligations to their loved ones and communities.
Meja Shobas latest short film project Keba, Interrupted, highlights one such struggle.
In the film, we are introduced to Keba (Tshepiso Jeme) as he goes about his job doing menial labour. Following an unfortunate confrontation with a client with a problematic client, he loses his job. Then his mother dies.
This slow but necessary unravelling of the unsustainable life Keba is living serves as the driving force of the films character-based narrative.
The film is an empathetic look at the life of its central character.
