Wallis kwi Amarhamncwa asendle aMazantsi . Ukungena usiya kwiminyhadala yefilimu kwimiboniso yomsi yendumiso ebalaseleyo, ifilimu eyingqayizivele, enomdla kwaye ekugqibeleni edandathekisayo ebizwa Amarhamncwa Asendle AseZantsi— Ifilimu ezimeleyo yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali nguBenh Zeitlin malunga nabasindi beNkanyamba uKatrina, wadutyulwa kumgxobhozo we Terrebonne Parish, La., Esebenzisa ii-nonactors zalapha endaweni ye Hollywood ezongezelelekileyo-ngoku ukulungele ukubandakanyeka kumdlalo bhanyabhanya ohamba esidlangalaleni kubumnyama be iphupha. Akukho siqinisekiso sokuba uluntu oluya kumdlalo bhanyabhanya lulungile. Andiqapheli nabaphi na abagxeki abanikezela ngokuzithathela iithebhu zentsilelo xa kunokwenzeka ukuba ithe yadada yaphononongwa kakuhle. Kodwa lungela kunjalo. Ngokuqaqamba, okunyanzelekileyo kunye namandla, oku kujonga okungacacanga kwinxalenye yehlabathi esiphila kulo kodwa singazi nto malunga noku akuyi kunyamalala ngaphandle kokwenza ingxolo kuqala.
Kwindawo ephanzileyo, etshisiweyo ngaphandle kwendawo (i-shrimp-trawling, i-catfish emnyama, iCajun yinxalenye ye-Southeastern Louisiana), intombazana encinci abayibiza ngokuba yi-Hushpuppy ishiywe yodwa kangangeentsuku nobusuku ukuphela xa uyise egula kakhulu enyamalala, enyanzela ukuba avelise iindlela zakhe zokusinda. Isimo sisimo esomileyo ngokweemvakalelo kwaye siyilelwe ngokwendawo ngokwembono yomzobi weplanethi ngesihogo ekuthiwa yiBathtub-okushiyekileyo kwendawo yekhadibhodi eyenziwe okwexeshana kunye neebhulukhwe zamazinyo uKatrina awachitha, esasaza abantu bommandla emoyeni njenge-dandelion fuzz. Ilele phakathi kweGulf kunye noMlambo iMississippi-udonga olwenziwe ngabantu luye lwenyuka kwicala elomileyo lokukhusela kwizikhukula ezitshabalalisayo. Kulapho kungekho nto ikhulayo, i-catfish kunye ne-crawdads ephuma emanzini angcolileyo kuphela kokutya, kunye ne-Cajuns enenkani engavumiyo ukufudukela kumhlaba ophakamileyo xa u-Brad Pitt kunye no-Sean Penn behla bezokuhlangula kwi-CNN News bahlala kwiindawo ezinzulu zentlupheko kunye ukungazi. Yeyona mbono isothusayo yabantu abangafundanga nabangagxothwanga ngaphandle kwihlabathi elilibaleyo ukusukela ngoko Ixabiso.
Ekhuthazwa yifilosofi yasekhaya awayeyifundile kwigumbi lesikolo elinamagumbi omnye okhe wahlamba, uHushpuppy oneminyaka emi-6 ubudala (edlalwa ngento eluhlaza, amandla aphuculweyo, ngumntwana odiniweyo ogama linguQuvenzhané Wallis) ubonelela ngokubaliswa komntwana (Indalo iphela ixhomekeke kuyo yonke into edibanayo 'ngokuchanekileyo.) ephethe isenzo phakathi kwemihla yokuphila kwasemini kunye nokuhlala ngaphandle ngelixa uHushpuppy noyise ogulayo besenza nantoni na ekufuneka benayo ukuze kuthintelwe ukusongelwa kwaye bathunyelwe kwindawo yokuhlala engenamakhaya. Akukho nto ilinganayo nehlazo likaHushpuppy, kwihlabathi elihluthwayo lenqwelo erhuqwayo eyakhiwe ngokukhuselekileyo efakwe emthini ophakame ngokwaneleyo emhlabeni ukuze iigators kunye necottonmouth moccasins zikude. Ukufudumeza ukutya kwekati kwisidlo sangokuhlwa, ngokungathandabuzekiyo uvuthela itreyila, enciphisa kuphela ubomi basekhaya ukuya esiphelweni sebhedi yelori endala, ekhwele ngathi yibhotile esebhayou kwimigqomo yeoli edadayo. Xa i-levee idityanisiwe ukukhupha amanzi agulayo, uHushpuppy kunye noyise oswelekayo, uWink (Dwight Henry), bagqityiwe baba yindawo yokubamba iimbacu zesiphepho. Ukuxhotyiswa ngokutya kunye namayeza, banethuba lekamva ekugqibeleni, kodwa konke uTata anokucinga ngako kukuqhekeka nokugoduka kungena kwimigxobhozo egcwele inyoka ukuya kumdaka ogwetyiweyo, amanxuwa kunye neendawo zokungcwaba izilwanyana ezifayo-umgxobhozo babeqhele ukubiza ikhaya. Abantwana baphela kwibhotile ebayisa kwindawo yokuthengisa umzimba kwiGulf, ekuphela konxibelelwano lwabo nakwimpucuko yehelikopta ejikeleza ngaphezulu, ifuna abasindileyo abangafuni kuhlangulwa. Ukurhwaphiliza umlenze we-crab okrwada ukondla, uHushpuppy ngumntwana onobuchule kunye nocinga, ongezelela inyani ekhohlakeleyo, ekhohlakeleyo ejikeleze yena ngamanye amaxesha etyelelwa ziihagu zasentsomini ezivela kwi-Ice Age yamaphupha amabi ka-Hushpuppy abizwa ngokuba yi-auruchs. Ibhafu ekulungeleyo ukuyibulala ngamabamba abukhali kwaye uyitye iphila. I-auruchs yindalo esulungekileyo yohlobo lwetekhnoloji eyenziwe yikhompyuter yolwandle lwaseLouisana engazange ive nokuva, kodwa yongeza ukungenelela okungafunekiyo kwezenzo kwibali elicothayo, elingenamsebenzi likaHushpuppy kunye noloyiko lokulahlekelwa ngutata wakhe- umkhuseli. Bemi kwakhona ngokomfuziselo njengekhonkco phakathi kweentlobo ezisengozini zokuphela kwelinye ixesha kunye nentsalela yabantu yokugqibela yokuphila kwempucuko yanamhlanje elahlekileyo yabo bahluthwayo. Elinye lawona maxesha alusizi kumboniso bhanyabhanya lisondela esiphelweni, xa amehlo omntwana eneenyembezi-isibuko kwisiphithiphithi kunye noloyiko kububi obumngqongileyo- kunye nobuso obuzolileyo, ukufihla ukurhoxa, isidingo kunye nokuzilahlela , Yiza kunye njengomntu okhulileyo, njengoko evuma kwikhamera ukuba akayikhumbuli eyanga omnye umntu ophilayo.
Ezi zizinto ezixhonyiweyo, ezingakulungelanga ukude ukwamkelwa ngabaphulaphuli ababanzi ngaphaya kwabagxeki kunye neebhasikithi ezinobunzima, kodwa indikhathaze kakhulu kangangokuba ndifuna ukuyibona kwakhona. Kuhlanjwe ngegazi kunye nokubila nguBenh Zeitlin, kwaye kusekwe kumdlalo wombhali-mbhali uLucy Alibar, Amarhamncwa asendle aMazantsi idibanisa izinto ezingenakuphikiswa zokufudumala kwehlabathi, kwincwadi yombongo kaRobert Flaherty Ibali laseLouisana kunye nobugorha obunengcambu yengca, ngelixa ubalisa ibali elothusayo lokuza kwexesha elibekwe kwindawo elityelweyo kunye nendawo umhlaba owaziyo malunga namaphephandaba kuphela. Imibongo kunye nembali zidibene kwindawo eyodwa, enezintso ezimbini zomngxunya wezintso owela ngamandla omlingo.
Ungaphoswa yile. Isibindi esikhuthazayo nesikhuthazayo sokuchitha ixesha kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya eqhelekileyo, ayifani nayo nayiphi na into oyibonileyo ngaphambili okanye oya kuphinda uyibone. Ngamafutshane, ayilibaleki.
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