Its time to get the fucking respect we deserve on the streets. Named after the zulu language struggle song, the compiled shenanigans of an eccentric south african couple with wheelchairs and guns and their attempts to prove they are not to be trifled with. Little tommy unable to sleep and not comforted by his. I dont want to roll around like a fucking drowning rat for the rest of my life. The film prior to production was going by the name wat kyk jy but now has the title umshini wam according to details given on the sxsw website here, umshini wam is 16minutes in length and cinematography is by alexis. Ninja and yolandi are wheelchairbound,dirt poor gangsters, intent on gaining more street cred by upgrading their wheelchairs for higherend models. Visser costarred with ninja and sharlto copley in chappie in 2015, a film directed by neill blomkamp, a fellow south african.
With ninja, yolandi visser, hector bezuidenhout, clayton bezuidenhout. Unlike his audacious music videos and live performances, in the beginning of the short, ninja acts like a down and out white boi that mopes around in a way that seems like he was drained his faustian soul. Tv screen a new video directed by harmony korine and starring one of the music worlds by eugene kan mar 17, 2011. Ninja sleeps with every girl in town, but flips out.