Exciting news for local film audiences is that three of the American stars of the South African-US co-production \u2018Love by Chance\u2019 \u2013 Terri J Vaughn, Desi Banks and Ja\u2019el Roberson \u2013 will be visiting South Africa for the premiere of this hilarious new comedy. They will also attend a film junket with local star Atandwa Kani, who has just been cast in Marvel\u2019s upcoming superhero film \u2018The Black Panther\u2019.<\/p>\n
Kani, son of renowned actor, director and playwright John Kani, stars as the male lead in \u2018Love by Chance\u2019, opposite Altovise Lawrence, winner of the first season of \u2018Top Actor Africa\u2019, who takes on the role of leading lady \u2018Bailey\u2019 in \u2018Love by Chance\u2019, a story about two aspiring actors from South Africa who are independently in America, trying to break into an extremely difficult and over saturated Hollywood industry. They find themselves in the Hollywood of the South, Atlanta, Georgia aka “Hotlanta,” chasing their dreams as actors in a new country, while juggling friends and love. Nothing is as easy as it seems. The film is directed by award-winning international \ufb01lm and television producer and director Samad Davis, who also created and produced the \u2018Top Actor Africa\u2019 television format.<\/p>\n
Visiting South Africa for the premiere will be actress and producer Terri J Vaughn, winner of a National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP) Image award, an accolade that honours outstanding people of colour in film, television, music, and literature. Vaughn is known for her roles in \u2018Girlfriends\u2019 Getaway\u2019, \u2018Greenleaf\u2019, \u2018The Steve Harvey Show\u2019 and, more recently, the comedy series \u2018Mann & Wife\u2019. She is portrayed in \u2018Love by Chance\u2019 as a movie director.<\/p>\n
US actor and comedian Desi Banks, a Facebook and Instagram sensation with more than 480,000 followers, is best known for Instagram comedy sketches, \u2018Strangers with Memories\u2019 (2016), \u2018La Vie Magnifique De Charlie\u2019 (2017), and \u2018Never Forget\u2019 (2016).<\/p>\n
Actress Ja\u2019el Roberson, known for \u2018The Christmas Swap\u2019(2016), \u2018Comeback Dad\u2019 (2014) and \u2018Let’s Stay Together\u2019 (2011), has worked with prominent names in the industry such as Tyler Perry. She also wrote \u2018Loving Your Daughter to Greatness\u2019, a guide for parents and daughters to read together.<\/p>\n
Director Davis describes \u2018Love by Chance\u2019 as a pioneering film because it brings together US and South African talent and bridges cultural and continental divides against the backdrop of a comedy. The film is produced by Atlanta-based, independent and experienced producer Ty Johnston-Chavis, co-producer Errol Sadler, associate producer Cristina Davis, line producer James Few, and producer Samad Davis, along with the South African producers behind the hit romcom \u2018Mrs Right Guy\u2019, Dumi Gumbi and Catharina Weinek .<\/p>\n
Included in the sterling cast of local and international favourites and new entrants are Altovise Lawrence\u2019s co-competitor in \u2018Top Actor South Africa\u2019 Nicholas Nkuna, and Denise Zimba, known for her role as Mary Gumede in the hit soapie \u2018Generations\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Love by Chance\u2019 premieres in South Africa on 5 May 2017, and is distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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