Starring Shile Dlamini, James Ngcobo, Vusi Kunene. Title from container. Enhanced for widescreen TV (16x9). Originally released as motion picture in 2011. Special features include: This month's short film: Lucky dir. Avie Luthra. Participants: Sihle Dlamani, Jayashree Basavaraj, James Ngcobo, Mary Twala, Mduduzi Mabaso, Brenda Ngxoli, and Vusi Kunene. Audience: Not rated by the MPAA.
Summary:
How could a recently orphaned, 10-year old homeless South African boy ever be called Lucky? Over the grave of his dead mother, Lucky makes a promise to make something of himself. Leaving the security of his remote Zulu village for the big city with the hope of going to school, he arrives on the doorstep of an uncle who has no use for him. Lucky then falls in with Padme, an elderly Indian woman with an inherent fear of Africans, who takes him in as she would a stray dog. Together, unable to speak each other's language, they develop an unlikely bond. Through an odyssey marked by greed, violence, and, ultimately, belonging, Lucky shows how a child's spirit can bring out decency, humility and even love in adults struggling to survive in the new South Africa.
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