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-Rock Africa is a story about six young men who worked as garbage
pay the bill for one of their friends mother who had cancer and needed
-They came up with an idea to form a rock band because of one of their
friends extraordinary passion for rock music, but they didn't have
enough money to buy instuments, since they were determined and under
-They decided to do rock music because they thought that American bands
have let down Africans by not coming to entertain their fans thinking
there are no Rockfans in Black Africa. They saw lacking convincing them
to play rock music giving themselves hope that they sound better and
-It is blended superbly to see how the six boys struggle with their own
challenges as individuals and the challenges the band faces when they
are together, its like six different stories combined to form one major
-Rock Africa is a fun filled comedy movie thats educative and very
informative with a wild theme that connects to the world from its
ROCK
AFRICA
Scene 1
-shots of Jack sleeping turning side to side putting his hands inside
-He wakes up takes a wooden tooth brush and applied toothpaste and
-He meets with 5 of his friends just outside the estate blocks of
polythene bags full of garbage, pilling them up outside one block with
-shots all of them sorounding the garbage pile putting the garbage into
the handcart
-Jack takes out a smalll radio with big earphones. He turns on the
radio and wears the big earphones putting the radio in his groin
-Sound track becomes louder and faster as Jack pulls the handcart down
EXT.DUMPSITE - DAY
-They take off the garbage from the handcart as Jack took off his
hangs the earphones on his neck and continues to off load the garbage
JACK TO ZINO;-
ZINO ;-
Africans do not listen to rock music therefore, they know they dont
BABA ;-
ZINO ;-
Not the whole of south Africa Baba, a little bit of south Africa
DEDE ;-
I have a probem listening to rock music because all i ever hear are the
JACK;-
Thats because that is what you want to hear Dede, have you ever tried
soft rock
DEDE;-
Do you know the first people to rock were Africans? the white man
KEVIN;-
Africans? the first ones to rock? do you think we are that stupid
JACK;-
No seriously Kevin, but not like the ones we have today a littlebit
soft and the instruments nowardays ofcourse are not the same from the
first ones
MARTIN;-
By the way why do you keep on insisting about rock music? always trying
to say something nice about rock music i don't know this and that, i
think you were born on the wrong place you should be hanging out with
white folks
KEVIN;-
listen to rock, its no secret im in love with rock music, i feel like
its the kind of music i can connect to. The things they say makes sense
to me
ZINO;-
The problem with you is that you dont consider yourself African
-Zino holded his nose pretending to talk like a white man {CONT}
ZINO;-
-They all burst into laughter Jack shaking his head like guys your
crazy
Scene 2
- shots stove, frying pan ,hand putting cooking fat into frame
doors down ,bon jovi ,Linkin park , Avril lavigne , Dido and Nickleback
- shots of all the six friends seated on torn coutches bored just
chatting while Jack cooks. Zino was sitting on the far right just
ZINO;-
You know in the country side where we lived before we came to the city
there used to be this huge white man living on the mountains who used
to pass outside our home with his, you guys know harley davidson
KEVIN;-
ZINO;-
Yes those ones, one day as he was passing he saw a female child on top
white man stopped and asked the women who were there to show him the
mother of the child,when the mother came the whiteman gave her 10
dollars and told her to buy some underwears for the child. One of the
women who were there thought like, if he can give ten dollars for a
child without an underwear what about a grown woman, what about me!
The next day the woman climbed the guava tree without an underwear and
waited for the whiteman. when the white man came he saw the woman on
top of the guava tree without an underwear. He looked for more than a
minute then told the woman to come down, the white man gave the woman
one dollar and told her to buy a razor blade and shave because he
Bursts into a funny laughter which sounds like magnificent mutley the
-Kevin slaps Martin on the back of his head who was sitting on the far
KEVIN;-
Stop laughing for nothing mutley [imitates the laugh] and talks like
mutleys boss "you are not a super hero"[lmitates the laugh again] i
hated that cartoon maybe when your were born your mother wanted to call
you mutley, and he called you that because you gave her that laugh when
JACK;-
MARTIN;-
Yeah lately their are things running in my knees from right to left and
KEVIN;-
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
something else we will waste our lives, look, we just get bored and
BABA;-
And what else do you think we can do in the afternoon as a part time
job
JACK;-
I don't know but we waste alot of time doing nothing, we just eat,
sleep, and talk alot of shit we need chicks i mean we are the last
people to get noticed doesnt that bother you
KEVIN;-
DEDE;-
-Martin applies his weird laugh Kevin slaps him on the back of head as
usual
KEVIN;-
JACK;-
We need something that can make beautiful girls scream at us, just
-Martin applied his laugh again and Kevin looked at him and smiled
JACK;-
Scene 3
-Martin comes to a house on the first floor of the estate blocks took
his arm round the iron gate an and opens it, he took out a key from his
right sock and opened the door. He gets in finding his sister watching
a comedy on the television and his dad reading a newspaper both seated
MARTIN;-
hello Dad
[greeted his father with a low unsure tone while he goes to sit on the
resumes reading
-Her mother comes from the kitchen quickly carrying a bowl of white
rice taking it to the dining table which was on far left corner of the
living room
MARTIN;-
hii Mum
MARTIN'S MOTHER;-
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
MARTIN'S SISTER;-
MARTIN'S SISTER;-
Martin can you please help me with some plates from the kitchen
-Martin goes to the kitchen looking at her sister like you better shut
up.He brings the plates to the table as his mum called them to the
table
MARTIN'S MOTHER;-
-At the table there was white rice, marshed potatoes, boiled arrow
roots, chicken stew, mixed fruits, two jars, one with water the other
with passion juice and each one was serving himself from the bowls to
his plate.
-His father took one leg of the chicken with a little bit of stew
placing it on his plate on the other hand Martin was putting rice on
his plate while starering at his fathers plate. His father saw Martin
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
For your punishment today Martin your not going to eat the chicken
the chicken leg, her sister was eating the other leg making sounds of
sweetness to annoy his brother. His father was almost finishing the
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
you know what, why don't you take out the marrow from this bone maybe
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
MARTIN'S MOTHER;-
com' on why don't you give him a break [snatching away the bone from
Martin and taking a piece of the chicken from the stew placing it on
-Her sister crushes his bone hard looking at Martin, Her mother
Life is harder than that bone Martin, you must be strong to be able to
take the out the marrow out of anything. Your sister should have been
MARTIN;-
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
Scene 4
-shots outside a local night club, some people with old cars parked
background,
- inside the club the D.J playing some local tunes people dancing. On
the dancing crowd the camera spots Kevin walking through people to a
small bar inside the club . He buys a beer and turns to the crowd
thinking what to do next, then Kevin saw Jacky in the middle of the
crowd dancing, showing her two friends Kevin with her eyes, then said
-Kevin got nervous which made him talk to himself while going where
KEVIN;-
-When he reached, Kevin greeted Jacky and her friends warmly smilling
KEVIN;-
JACKY;-
KEVIN;-
-Maya acted sexy while shaking Kevins hand sending signals of interest
directly at kevin
KEVIN TO MAYA;-
MAYA;-
JACKY;-
Kevin ;-
back shot of Zino and Dede seated on a half fallen wall looking at the
drama infront of the club. They had beers drinking and smoking mariwana
too
[drinked his beer holding the weed in his other hand and said]
ZINO;-
you know what my bro, ive got a letter from mum and dad
-putted the weed down just beside where he sat took out a folded
envelope from his pocket, unfolded it, taking out a letter stretching
ZINO;-
here it says [reads it for Dede] Zino please take care of your small
good example to lead him on the right way, blah, blah , blah
[he picks up the weed and smokes it in and passed it to his little
ZINO;-
shit, they want me to take care of you they all burst into laughter
[He blows out the smoke and looked at his younger brother]
DEDE;-
-Inside the house Baba was sitting on a stool next to him on the right
side a woman lying on the bed Baba trying to give her porridge with a
spoon from a plate. Besides the woman lying on the bed sat a young
beautiful girl who had folded her legs covering them with a shady
blanket sitting at the end leaning against the wall but in the middle
WOMAN;-
Baba my son i don't think we are going to make it, i need you to
BABA;-
BABA'S MOTHER;-
and Sarah
SARAH;-
yes mum
WOMAN;-
your brother Baba is all you have you need to be taking care of each
other at all times. don't leave your sister Baba like your father did
15 years ago i've heard romours he married another woman and has three
children [ she starts to cry] we've got no one but ourselves we are on
our own
BABA;-
'Stop talking like that mama, you are not feeling well and its going
x-ray picture took the lamp and placed it behind the picture to see
through
SARAH;-
the doctors said they are not sure about the right breast but the left
one is the most affected at the moment she needs to go through that
-The woman started crying silently, Baba holding down the x-ray while
looking down
-camera zooms out slowly outside the window to the skies jibs down
-shots of Jack sitted on his roof top thinking looking at the ghetto's
landscape
Scene 5
EXT. APARTMENT BLOCKS - DAY
-shots clean apartment blocks Dede was talking to Jack going up the
stairs,
DEDE;-
JACK;-
DEDE;-
There was this maasai who was arrested by police for taking his cows
grazing into an airport. before being prosecuted the judge gave him a
chance to defend himself about the incident, he said i've got only one
question your honour, did the cows eat the aeroplanes or grass?
-They were down at the front yard packing up the pillings on to their
handcart, Jack notices Baba is in a very low mood. He took Baba aside
JACK;-
is everything okey? whats wrong with you today? Are you sick?
BABA;-
JACK;-
About what?
BABA;-
reaches her heart. The doctors said it might get there in three weeks
JACK;-
BABA;-
yes, but not exactly that, but she needs it urgently before it reaches
her heart
JACK;-
Is she in hospital?
BABA;-
aw, no, no
JACK;-
BABA;-
yeah i know, but there is little we can do, the treatment process is
-Kevin, Martin , Dede and Zino were busy loading the garbage into the
handcart. Jack looked down then looked at the boys working and thought
for a second
JACK;-
How much is it? How much will the whole process cost?
BABA;-
[speaks loudly]
JACK;-
Guys, guys , we will pick them up later, i need you here for a moment
-They all left what they were doing and attended to jack
JACK;-
[spoke normal] Babas mother is sick, [spoke softly] she has cancer and
she might die if she she doesn't go through a certain process soon
[spoke normal]you should have told us early Baba, she is like our
mother too. Boys what do you think?, can we raise 200 hundred thousand
in three weeks?
ZINO;-
JACK;-
We are all like brothers and we are going through this together, guys
what do you say, we go visit Baba's mum right now, thats a start
DEDE;-
KEVIN;-
Baba you better cheer up or we make you, infact why don't we take route
66 to cheer him up, though we haven't used it in a long time but it's a
MARTIN;-
BABA;-
what! please guys not that way im cheered up look a'm laughing ha ha ha
JACK;-
we are taking route 66 to Baba's place, we must take out the sad faces
besides we have to drop the garbage on the way. we can't go back all
the way round and we can just pass through even if the market banned a
throughway
a half. The only way through is overcrowded by people who were buying
-shots of the crowded people buying fresh fish, vegetables, fresh meat,
-A sign board on top of the hill drawn a handcart and a red line
-A low wide shot puns up to the top of the hill establishing the
market, Jack enters into frame carrying his friends at the back of the
handcart. He stops puts down the hardcart and said to his friends
JACK;-
Guys, this is it, its been a long time since we did this, are you
ready?
MARTIN;-
wait wait [he goes to his waist and tightens his belt] i,m okey
-Jack screams [ aaauuuuuuwii] making everything in the market to pause
JACK;-
-He lowers the hardcart slowly turning it slowly towards the downhill
pushing forward
-One old man selling fish saw the hardcart and shouted loudly
FISH SELLER;-
-All over sudden the market erupted into chaos everybody moving out of
the way as the hardcart gained speed going the downhill.it was now
moving fast making the people in the market jump aside passed through
-Jack was shouting get out of the way while the others were just
screaming like girls. the wagon was in full swing Jack trying to
were hit with even fish as they passed through hitting stalls going
side to side. Some two old women almost got hit as they jumped aside
OLD WOMAN;-
[shouted] not yet not yet i won't die today, suddenly she gets a heart
attack faiting
MARTIN;-
-Onother woman jumped aside as the wagon passed shouted "It's not over
i've marked your faces"
-Infront their were 4 old men who were preparing a spiked police
barrier, 1st oldman shouted as he peeped outside to see where the wagon
was
1ST OLDMAN;-
2ND OLDMAN;-
dragged the barrier across the way being helped by the other three old
men running and laughed showing his frontless teeth after leaving it on
the way while he was on the other side
JACK;-
-When jack reached he jumped over the barrier leaving the tires
-The wagon lost complete control making it swing from side to side Jack
the way had been blocked by old wooden crates rotten friuts garbage and
anything they could find waiting for the boys at the back of it all
KEVIN;-
MARTIN;-
oh God please, what have i done to die this way, please forgive me,
forgive me
DEDE;-
JACK;-
-Jack took a sharp left corner banging them on the stalls on the right
Scene 6
-They were all outside Babas home, their hardcart parked just beside
them, Zino was washing his face from a 20 litre jerican which was
-Jack knocked the door getting in finding Baba's mum lying on the bed
with Baba's sister Sarah sitted on a stool reading a book. Jack greeted
Baba's sister hii giving her a hand while the other boys got in doing
the same
INT. BABA'S HOME - DAY
JACK;-
Hello my children, you boys smell funny, and where is your shirt
MARTIN;-
-Jack sits on the bed beside Baba's mum takes her hand and rubs it
gently
JACK;-
to hospital, i promise
Baba's mum nods her head yes tears falling uncontrolably appreciating
-They all gave thier goodbyes to Baba's mum and waited for each other
outside. When they all came out
JACK;-
Guys you know we must do something quickly, how much do we have in the
bank?
MARTIN;-
ZINO;-
KEVIN;-
DEDE;-
Then what?, if it took us three years to have that money besides it's
guys, guys, guys remember what i told you earlier to think about
anything we can do to make money, like a business, did anybody get any
ideas?
BABA;-
KEVIN;-
do you think they will even rent us anywhere after all we have done?
MARTIN;-
laughs his weird laugh [Kevo slaps him in the back of his head to shut
up]
JACK;-
yeah they woun't even let people buy from us, any other idea?
-They looked at each other with blank faces no, no, no , nope
DEDE;-
JACK;-
my idea? you mean what i think?ive thought about something for long,
but, beforet that, i want to let you know what im thinking right now. I
asked about them they told me a woman brought me when i was young and
never came back, i was wondering what kind of a mother would do that?
KEVIN;-
even born all i have is my grandma who we take care of each other, what
ZINO;-
when we came to the city with my small bro Dede our parents thought we
had come to heaven take the money and bring it back home now it has
been more more than 6 years we cant even dare to go back because they
expect so much from us, Instead, look what we are doing, just picking
MARTIN;-
my father believes i'm weaker than my sister, He doesn't want me to
hang out with guys and thinks a'm wasting time picking up garbage with
you guys he wants me to do computers but i know i will prove him wrong
one day
BABA;-
my mother is all i have and i love her very much, i will go whenever i
DEDE;-
JACK;-
ZINO;-
JACK;-
Why not? look there are very many rock fans who have never been to a
rock concert don't you think that's a problem? and let me tell you a
Example you get sick that's a problem to be cured you need money,
get it? To make money in this world the first thing to do is to find a
problem.
MARTIN;-
And how does it connect that making a rock band is making a solution?
JACK;-
In many ways, first, most rock bands in the world are white and having
a black rock band we will easily be noticed all we need is a plan that
will expose us, besides their are many rockfans who would love to see a
live show but haven't got the chance because the rockbands in America
and europe think that Africans don't listen to rock, oh it's third
world how can they afford us, i ain't got time for charity shows and so
us because we will be the only thing around, the only solution, i tell
you, picture this if we make our break we can tour all over Africa
stay in this little town selling vegetables and tomatoes till you die,
ZINO;-
genious, one thing i can tell you bro, you have vision and if we are
serious we can make it happen. One thing i've always known if you see
it in your head you can have it in your finger tips, i don't care what
it takes but i've seen where we are supposed to be and i'll make sure
we get there
MARTIN;-
KEVIN;-
alot of chicks
DEDE;-
KEVIN;-
yeah we can do it, yeah we can do it yeah we can do it, yeah we can do
it
BABA;-
[The mood was shut down, and they all came back to reality]
JACK;-
yeah yeah about that i think we can start by getting the band together
first
ZINO;-
Then what?
MARTIN;-
We can organise a fundraiser, which we can perform for the people who
KEVIN;-
yeah that's a nice place to start, guys we have to get this thing
patient to hospital
scene 7
-shots of a bank, 10:00 AM inside the garbage boys were all nicely
table in between
-They were all anxiuos Kevin was sweating Jack stamped his feet slowly
but anxiously
-A bank attendant came with some forms and sat beside them placing the
BANKER;-
JACK;-
BANKER;-
BANKER;-
OK sign here, sign here, taking the forms across them all sighning them
,alright that's it, wait a moment please [ he went back inside for some
minutes then peeped calling Jack to one of the counters] here is your
JACK;-
BANKER;-
-Jack comes to his friends with the money and places it on the table
JACK;-
closed.
ZINO;-
now what are we waiting for? we need to buy a band and we are in town
let's go shopping
MARTIN;-
KEVIN;-
we can first go down town things are a little cheaper that side of the
town
DEDE;-
I have been the drummer for traditional group for two years in the
country side
JACK;-
really ?
DEDE;-
yeah seriously
JACK;-
Then you are the best person to test the drums for us
DEDE;-
No problema my broda
[fades away]
Scene 8
-shots of a music shop, the boys were outside looking at the name of
-shots inside the music shop, drumsets, guitars, pianos , mics, while
were placed in the two middle drums and played the drums a little
DEDE;-
ZINO;-
-At the far right end a shop attendant who was talking to some
customers noticed Dede on the drumset . She excused herself from the
DEDE;-
oh i'm sorry [He came down asking ] but how are we supposed to know how
they sound
shoulders,
JACK;-
hi, we are all together, how much is the drumset? i tried to look but i
SHOP ATTENDANT;-
what!!
SHOP ATTENDANT;-
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
SHOP ATTENDANT;-
You mean that one {pointing to one guitar} thats the cheapest you can
what!!
SHOP ATTENDANT;-
you guys get amazed alot [imitates like a duck what! what!] are you
what!!
SHOP ATTENDANT;-
Get the hell out if you ain't buying something
-Shot outside the shop the boyz being thrown out of the shop by a
they are not even good they can't even play jazz
ZINO;-
what!!!
JACK;-
their heads
-shots of the boys entering from shop to shop being thrown out again,
Scene 9
reading, stressed people holding their heads looking down among them
ZINO;-
we can't even buy one guitar with our money, life is not fair
MARTIN;-
KEVIN;-
[slaps him on the back of his head] and what are we going to play with
those fool
DEDE;-
we can never get out of this little town, that's a fact of reality
BABA;-
I don't care about getting out all i'm thinking about is how we are
JACK;-
guys , guys , please shut up! I'm thinking of a way out of this, shit
shit shit [he stood up hitting an iron sheet with his hand making a big
fat man who was sleeping wake up in shock]
JACK;-
Listen guys when things get tough or hard you can't just quit, loose
hope that easily, i know there are ways around this, it's just that i
can't figure it out right now, [fades away] by tomorrow we will know
what to do
scene 10
- night shots, Jack was in his bed just starering at the roof thinking.
he looks at his pictures on the wall [pictures of bon jovi, avril etc]
JACK;-
Yes! i knew it
scene 11
-His father suddenly came in, Martin hiding the note book on his bed
sheets
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
MARTINS;-
Nothing,
MARTINS FATHER;-
be like those useless boys you hang out with. I want my son to do
something, constructive, because i know you are smart, and smart boys
don't pickup garbage or hang out with people who like laughing like
-Martin just nodded his head yes to please his father and avoid an
argument
-The camera zooms out of the house to a wide shot of the that block
most of the garbage boys have got no home i've heard complains from
many people that they [ fades out]
scene 12
JACK;-
God says from the worst he will bring out the best and from the best He
brings out the worst, example is like when you throw a corn seed into a
cows shit, see that's a cows shit but it will bring out a healthy corn
MARTIN;-
what if you put a corn seed into a dead fish and plant?
JACK;-
I don't know what will hapen martin, anyway, we might not have the
best band, but we will shine like the corn seed in the cows shit
-By the time Jack said that, they were standing at the gate of a large
curio market
JACK;-
ZINO;-
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
This is a pure African market, this where you find your ancestors
ZINO;-
I've always tried to escape my ancestors thats why im in town but seems
JACK;-
From the 47 tribes of kenya and more, each tribe with their own
BABA;-
JACK;-
JACK;-
MARTIN;-
imagine if the market people came to our fundraiser and see our faces
DEDE;-
KEVIN;-
True, Dede has a point we need masks their are people who hate us
JACK;-
The market people are selfish, they can't come, but lets just buy them
JACK;-
OK we are taking six, that will beee, Ok guys, let's move we have to
VENDOR;-
The nyatiti is from the luo tribe, it is played while sitting and an
iron bolt is worn on the right thumb of the leg fingers and played
BABA;-
VENDOR;-
yeah,anyway you like, you can customize it
BABA;-
Jack ,Dede, Kevin, martin, Zino;-they nodded yes, thats cool, its gonna
do fine, yeah yeah yeah
JACK;-
how much?
VENDOR;-
five thousand ,
JACK;-
-He bargained and bought it for three thousand with onother instrument
called orutu
JACK;-
And give me that too i really liked the way it sounds making it eight
thousand right?
VENDOR;-
OK right
DEDE;-
Can we go now,
MARTIN;-
DRUMS VENDOR;-
you know most of this drums were played by hands, in African culture
most tribes prefered to play with hands but some used sticks
DEDE;-
if you play with sticks the drums that are played with hands; will they
DEDE;-
DRUMS VENDOR;-
you know how to play i've never heard it sound that way
DEDE;-
country side i broke up when i came to the city seems like the drums
always finds me
-They were carrying their drums guitars and the other instruments they
bought leaving the market, just outside the gate Dede said
DEDE;-
Guys we have to passby the shop and get the plates their are no
replacement for those and without them the drumset is not complete, its
JACK
DEDE;-
JACK;-
We've got only five thousand left we can't go home on foot with these
things!
ZINO;-
scene 13
-shots of one of the music shops in town, the garbage boys were outside
the shop with their drums down, Martin got in and came out with the
plates banging them together. A bus passed by with a sticker on the
back of a man smilling waving goodbye written on the side HAVE A NICE
JOURNEY
Scene 14
looking very stylish so fly, Maya thought she saw someone she knows far
ahead
MAYA;-
-The garbarge boys were walking on the streets carrying drums on their
backs, their legs could barely hold up making them bend closely to the
questions, there was one kid on a bike going across Martin making him
Hey garbage boys you haven't picked up your shit for days, What are you
thinking?
JACK;-
KEVIN;-
oh God this is embarassing, we can't let people see that, they know us,
right side]
-Meanwhile the boy with the bike was crossing all over Martins legs
-Martin waited for the boy to go behind him he took out his mask from
his groin and wore it, soon as the boy came riding from behind to pass
infront of Martins legs Martin turned suddenly the boy meeting with the
mask face to face , The boy got scared losing control falling down
hurting his leg crying. Martin gave his wicked laugh and continued
moving
-Kevin bumped Jacky
JACKY;-
-she took the drums and garbage from Kevin and helped him,[ when Kevin
long]
KEVIN;-
JACKY;-
KEVIN;-
-They walked passed Maya and her friends licking ice cream laughing at
them, Jacky felt bad while Kevin was admiring Maya's lips while she
-Putting the drums down, stretching his waist leaning backwards , thats
when he saw his father passing with his car starering at him, Her
mother was on the left seat but busy with something in her purse, Her
small sister was on the back seat telling martin with hand sign that
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
JACK;-
who is that Martin?
MARTIN;-
Jack ;- Even if hes your father all you have to do is respect but him,
not fearing him listen i know he is your father but he cant decide what
you will be or what you want to be, youve got to stand like a man with
your own two feet and fight for who you are
JACK;-
scene 15
-sunset shots of a plot, its the kind of a plot whereby everyone lives
and water supply is in the middle of the plot compound. The toilets and
bathrooms are in one end [corner] two bathrooms two toilets the whole
plot shares. there are about twelve to forteen rooms in each plot. The
peolpe living there normally fetch water and keep them in 20litre
-Inside one house their was a oldwoman sewing with a crotchet wearing
next, i worried alot but i knew panicking would cause more harm than
good ,I was the only one around to look after Kevin and i said to
life, since then me and Kevin are like brother and sister, so my
JACKY;-
Kevin had given me the direction long time ago, so i wanted to see if i
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
Thats very good of you, girls like you used to exist in the old days
now all i see everywhere are brats and girls who apply maaake up 6 in
My angel please fetch those two jericans and go home before its too
late
JACKY;-
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
scene 16
-shots estates block to a window on the second floor of the block, the
-Kevin threw a small stone at the window, the curtain was opened and
Maya looked down, Kevin waved hii, aand Maya came down meeting with
kevin
KEVIN;-
hey Maya,
MAYA;-
hey kevin
KEVIN;-
Im im sorry ive come late, i know its late but i ,but i needed to talk
MAYA;-
KEVIN;-
MAYA;-
[ came closer to Kevin and and said seductively] are you trying to say
something Kevin?
KEVIN;-
No, Like what, yes , oh God, you kill me maya [as he saw mayas clivage]
MAYA;-
[seductively placing her lips closer to Kevins and asked] tell me what
your thinking
KEVIN;-
MAYA;-
KEVIN;-
MAYA;-
I dont know ,i mean no, no, no ,no she has never told me
MAYA;-
if you really like me bring me something nice, like a gold ring that
fits my style then [she takes her lips closest to Kevins] then ill
Scene 17
-Martins father was in the big coutch eating popcorn waching a horror
movie, people being slain, her sister was asleep her head lying in his
fathers thighs
-Martin was in the kitchen helping her mum to cook, his father called
MARTINS FATHER;-
MARTIN;-
yes dad
MARTINS FATHER;-
Come here
-Martin left peeling the onions and left her mother looking at him with
Martins father ;- martin, today i saw you with drums, carrying drums,
MARTINS DAD;-
your the one who is spoilling Martin to behave like a girl, look the
MARTIN;-
just heard
MARTINS FATHER;-
MARTIN;-
MARTINS FATHER;-
At least i can hear some balls, but who do you think you are to tell me
what you want and what you dont want, listen to me carefully, you do
MARTIN;-
-Martin went to his room packing some of his stuff into a postman bag
and and started leaving just on the door her mother was crying
-Martins mother cried painfully but silent as Martin left banging the
door
scene 18
- knuckles knocking Jacks door at night. The door was knocked again
-Jack opened the door looking sleepy wearing a vest, seeing Martins
JACK;-
MARTIN;-
My father chased me
JACK;-
- Dede sleping with Zino at the same bed, Dede was sleeping facing the
wall while Zino was awake starering at the ceiling thinking of what her
Womans voice/Zinos mum audio on a C.U shot of zinos face;- I want you
example
-Zino turns over looks at Dede sleeping and remembers giving his
ZINO;-
Slaps his forehead hard, what was i thinking, what was i thinking [Dede
wakes up talking slowly
DEDE;-
oh its nothing just a bad dream now i cant get back to sleep
Scene 20
-Kevo, Zino, Dede, and Baba were on their way to Jacks place passing
KEVO;-
Its funny i passed through Martins place in the morning and her sister
told me that Martin did not sleep home before i could ask her why, his
father came took her inside and told me to never come looking for
Martin again
BABA;-
ZINO;-
Yesterday dreamt that Dede was drowning and i couldnt help him because
DEDE;-
ZINO;-
KEVIN;-
hey Maya Hey! [Kevin jogged to the other side of the road]
KEVIN;-
MAYA;-
Why?
KEVIN;-
its no big deal i just thought its luvly to see your face in the
morning , about yesterday, what you said, you know its going to take
some time before i can [Maya Jacky coming from behind looking at them]
MAYA;-
dont worry about that [ she comes closer to Kevin] i was just asking
you to see if you can do it for me [she kissed Kevin on the chicks when
-when Kevin saw Jacky she was in disbelief started crying and ran away
MAYA;-
KEVIN;-
Yes yes yes ofcourse [looking at Jacky running away] bye maya see you
-Jack was talking to Martin just outside his door drinking black tea,
JACK;-
MARTIN;-
fails then ive lost it all, my life would be empty doing things i never
wanted
ZINO;-
JACK;-
you guys are late
KEVIN;-
MARTIN;-
BABA;-
but why?
JACK;-
DEDE;-
MARTIN;-
Ahhh if he doesnt want to hear to hell with him youve got us and you
yeah yeah why not? Yeah weve got your back, Yeah dont worry, Yeah to
JACK;-
Yeah, soo, com on guys weve got lots of stuff to do, weve got to form a
KEVO;-
JACK;-
yeah we need posters, how will people know about the fundraiser if we
dont have posters? but the problem is putting the posters in the market
MARTIN;-
We can do it at night
JACK;-
Enough has been said boys, [shouted] lets get this thing to work, if
JACK;-
Scene 22
singing organising
themselves
-Shot of Zino snatching away marijuana from his little brother while
quarreling
-Baba talking to her mum comforting her
-Jack and Martin thinking in bed because they were staying together
-Scenes of them mixing wheat floor to make glue for the posters, Scenes
-Scenes end with the boys practising Dede playing the last kicks on the
drumset
Scene 23
JACK;-
The fundraiser is tomorrow, i cant wait, im so eager to do this
ZINO;-
jack whats the eagerness about? me im scared to hell weve got no mics,
posters they have no name of any band, even our band has no name, This
JACK;-
Look Zino, everything will be fine be confident [Jack looks at them for
-Jack goes inside his house quickly to where he keeps his clothes and
paused standing after not finding what he was looking for. He looked at
his white bed sheet thought for a second took it off and went out with
it,
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
Martin holds one end as Jack bites it in the middle and tears it into
two
DEDE;-
JACK;-
we are going to write the name of our band in this two pieces, so tell
KEVIN;-
[imitates the voice of a host of a show] Ladies and gentlemen boyz and
girls, the first all black rock band out of Africa to rock live at our
BABA;-
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
[pulled up the white sheet showing the name of the band written on the
Scene 24
-It had been written ROCK AFRICA BAND Jack and Martin holding it ,
Camera puns down from that shot to ,the banner being hanged on top of a
stage with a roof made of sacks and four poles, the front ones being
taller holding the banner, beneath on the front of the band the other
piece of the sheet was written DONATE FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER
stretched on the infront of the drumset. Just outside their shaggy tent
was a cookie jar with a white sticker reading DONATE HERE a few
children like 12 in number looking at the garbage boys, one of the kids
was the kid with the bike and had came with it, they were just silent
KEVIN;-
MARTIN;-
KEVIN;-
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
-They all agreed nodding their heads, Jack said to the children,
JACK;-
-The kids just stared at Jack and the band looking bored the kid with
the bike sleeping in his bike, Jack turned back giving his friends
-When Jack faced forward they hard rocked abruptly shocking the kids
MARTIN;-
What happened? [Going forward to look at the direction the kids went]
Martin looked at the right side the children were gone, when he turned
people from the market coming, mojority being old men and women, He
rushed back
MARTIN;-
Guys we are dead, You can't believe this the market people are coming
KEVIN;-
How many?
MARTIN;-
Very many
JACK;-
Ok do this take your masks and stand still don't panic, i repeat do not
panic
-The people from the market arrived being puzzled looking at the boys
and their masks, The boys just stood still looking at the market people
MARTIN;-
KEVIN;-
OLDMAN;-
2ND OLDMAN;-
yeah why don't you open your faces so that we donate, [an Old woman
said]
OLD WOMAN ;-
JACK;-
Guys what do you think we play or what? [They rest nodded yes] Ok we
start slow these are old folks, we play song number two,
Jack turned to the crowd just as Dede had started with the plates [a
fat middle aged man interfered]
MIDDLE AGED MAN;-
JACK;-
3RD OLDMAN;-
They look like them God damn garbage boys [Martin interferes]
MARTIN;-
We all burnt badly when we were young so it's disgusting for you to see
3RD OLDMAN;-
You can go on i don't wanna see your ugly faces anyway, maybe i wont
slowly, After sometime it was all crazy the market people being taken
over by music the boys were playing, the tempo was high rocking to the
fullest
-Dede finished the show with playing his drums exellently, now looking
OLDMAN NO 1 ;-
sure that was a hell of a show it reminded me of them days we had good
little bit more than we had planned, [He looks behinds and asks his
-The oldman is given a small polythene bag with an old woman beside him
OLDMAN;-
we have decided all this as our donation [putting the coins in the
what! those coins for that show? I mean we can't take anyone to
OLDMAN;-
young man you should be glad because that's all weve got
ZINO;-
[Removed his mask saying angrily] Thats a lie i know you get alot of
MARTIN;-
3RD OLDMAN;-
3RD OLDWOMAN;-
I knew there was something freaky, you boys almost broke my leg with
your stupid wagon, youve got no Goddamn burnt faces but it is still
JACK;-
Look, we are sorry for what we have been doing to you, all we are
saying this is not the time to bring our differences forward [Jack
grabs Baba and brings him forth] our friends mother is sick, she has
cancer and if she's not taken to hospital soon she might die, please i
am begging you this time lets put our differences aside and donate
3RD OLDMAN;-
[looks at Jack for a moment] Look here young man, those are strong
words you said young man, but you need to understand we donated what we
had, im sorry we cant be of any help further, [He tapped Jacks shoulder
and they all left leaving the coins on top of the jar still in the
polythene bag]
-Baba started crying as the market people were leaving, his friends
-When the whole crowd cleared slowly one strange looking man remained,
He had an old school suit big googles with heavy lenses looking at the
boys
STRANGER;-
[said loudly because he was in a distance] I lost my mother to cancer
too because of the bill, [All of the boys came to his attention] but
what you did here today reminds me of what i should have done, i wish i
DEDE;-
STRANGER;-
help, {he takes out a card and gives jack} im the chief sergion at the
general hospital
JACK;-
STRANGE MAN;-
[He smiles] I know of ways to clear that bill, i can pay for the
JACK;-
You have made me proud boys, Im sending an ambulance right here then
you will pick up yuor mother and bring her at the general hospital, is
JACK;-
Is that possible?
JACK;- {CONT'D}
JACK;- {CONT'D}
and oh please could you please write down the account number for me
[ Baba took out the bill from his pocket and gave it to the chief
sergion]
BABA;-
CHEIF SERGION;-
Your music sounds strange you know, {He looks up to the boys} Use that
JACK;-
-The man went to an old mercedes benz and left. The boys started
Scene 25
scene 26
-That evening Martin decided to go home, his father was inside the
-Martin came close to the door but his heart was undecided he wanted to
ignore but the feeling went above him, he stood up just to look outside
to satisfy his ego. When he opened the door there was no one. He looked
Scene 27
EXT. MAYA'S HOME - NIGHT
KEVIN;-
Hey Maya
MAYA;-
KEVIN;-
Not exactly but i, i, i wanted to talk to you about something, see the
problem is i dont reaaly think i luv you Maya, i,i mean i thought i did
but it wasnt love, what i felt for you was something else. Ive just
found out the person i have always Loved i never thought i did
MAYA;-
Ok
Maya went back inside
Scene 28
-Dede came out of their house looked around and went to the backyard,
his pockets and took out a lighter, just as he was lighting it Zino
appeared from nowhere snathing the marijuana piece from Dedes mouth
ZINO;-
DEDE;-
Whats wrong with you! whats this act going on for days pretending to
DEDE;-
ZINO;-
yeah we will see who will remain big brother, you cant do drugs in my
Scene 29
-Baba was inside their home kneeling down with her sister. He took a
Scene 30
at the sky,
morning in estate blocks where the boys were standing beside a phone
JACK;-
-He dialled some numbers all of them listening carefully, the phone
SECRATARY;-
hello your calling thev general hospital how may i help you
JACK;-
SECRATARY;-
No ,no, no but could you try to tell him its the rock africa band
SECRETARY;-
The boys make jokes of Jack calling themselves Rock Africa band by
MARTIN;-
JACK;-
Heavy, hoarse
VOICE;-
hello
JACK;-
VOICE;-
speaking
JACK;-
MR KENNEDY/CHIEFSERGION
JACK;-
we are fine sir we just wanted to say thank you for your support it
means so much to us
MR KENNEDY/CHIEFSERGION;-
I talked with a friend of mine about your music and he got really
i gave him your friends Babas postal adress, He is having a big event
and i begged him to invite you, you need to be checking that mail if
-The phone was hanged, Jack looked at the phone and hanged his too
KEVIN;-
Im coming guys
MARTIN;-
KEVIN;-
KEVIN;-
Hey Jacky?
JACKY;-
hey
JACKY;-
JACKY;-
KEVIN;-
JACKY;-
I don't know. Why do you act like you've been acting, why don't you
KEVIN;-
-Kevin wanted to say something but jacky had gone far, he opened his
Scene 31
-shots of a local post office, At the entrance the garbage boys get in
while talking
ZINO;-
BABA;-
BABA;-
BABA;-
-They took out old letters from the locker one looking new
JACK;-
Gosh! when was the last time you checked you mail, this is from last
year, this one too looks expired, this recent one is from Bluesky
-The 3rd Oldman from the market bumped into the boys
THE 3RD OLDMAN TO KEVIN;-
Everywhere i go its just like i get to see your ugly faces, you the one
with the big head can't you see your standing on my way
KEVIN;-
sorry Oldman
Who you calling Oldman? why don't you leave me with your girlfriend
-He passed slowly with his stick in his hand but as he passes he
remembers something
And Ohh what you did , the fundraiser, that was good its like it
but you with the big head stay away from me i still hate you
KEVIN;-
Damn , that Old brat burns me when he calls me big head, Guys do you
Scene 32
-Jack and friends were outside the post office walking and talking
DEDE;-
Did you see how the oldwoman was shaking her ass, she was like the bomb
MARTIN;-
MARTIN;-
What!!!
JACK;-
Jack Shouted
JACK;-
grabbed an old woman who was passing by and kissed her hard
-The pedestrians got amazed with the way the boys celebrated
KEVIN;-
Here it says the concert will be the biggest in East Africa its
ZINO;-
JACK;-
End of the month three weeks from now but they will discuss the payment
after we perfom,
DEDE;-
KEVIN;-
Do you expect being paid for whack music, lets prepare something nice
JACK;-
Africa here we come, the garbage boys will rock it like it has never
been seen before, this will be a warning to all of the bands in the
world especially American bands. watch how it's being done African
scene 33
MARTIN;-
tomorrow is the D-day the one day we will prove ourselves to everybody
that we are ROCK AFRICA [He shouted YEAH] i cant wait to do this. Guysi
really think i miss my family, I feel like i really need to see them,
its not like i dont like your company i do appreciate but there is
dont ,i dont
KEVIN;-
Com on i really think you should go and see your family go, go, go
-Martin ran as fast as he could to his home, He knocked the door her
mother opening disbelieving to see his son. She gave Martin a big hug
taking him inside, her sister came running at Martin giving him a big
MARTIN'S SISTER;-
MARTIN;-
-All the exitement died when Martins father appeared from the bedroom,
MARTIN;- {CONT'D}
Hello dad
MARTINS FATHER;-
said hii slowly, went to the fridge got himself a cold glass of water
scene 34
INT. HOSPITAL WARD - DAY
-shots of hospital, inside ward Baba was speaking she had recovered a
littlebit
BABA;-
We are going to perform on a big concert tomorrow, i wish you were well
BABA'S MOTHER;-
dont worry ive asked one of the nurses to bring me a radio tomorrow, i
BABA;-
BABA'S MOTHER;-
Your sister
-Babas sister was just outside the wards door on a bench talking to
Jack
JACK;-
What do you say after the concert tomorrow i take you for a movie or
something
BABA'S SISTER;-
really
JACK;-
BABA'S SISTER;-
JACK;-
Scene 35
-Zino and Dede were seated just outside their home talking
ZINO;-
DEDE;-
ZINO;-
i, i, i guess i should have told you the truth, you know your stll my
DEDE;-
yeah yeah
ZINO;-
Mum told me to take care of you and sometimes i acted very stupidly,
little brother, i hope you understand how i feel and tomorrow please
dont let me down ,we need this more than everybody else, we need to
nail it down
scene 36
-kevin was at home too helping her Grandy to wash the dishes just
outside their door on their right. Her grandma was inside sewing with a
crothet
KEVIN;-
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
KEVIN;-
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
KEVIN;-
she saw me talking to another girl, i mean she had not tell me that she
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
Its not easy for a girl to tell you that she loves you, but couldn't
KEVIN;-
I saw it but i wasnt paying attention, anyhow i feel kinda ive missed
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
KEVIN;-
Im afraid, besides her parents are tough they wount allow me to talk to
her
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
If i knew where she stays i could have talked for you,but anywho ive
got my radiohere with me, tomorrowim listening to my boy livei know you
you know what grandma i dont care about her parents im going to tell
her now!
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
KEVIN;-
Later grandmaa
Scene 37
Kevin was outside a nicely painted house in the block estates ringing
WOMAN;-
WOMAN;-
KEVIN;-
Jacky appeared,
JACKY;-
JACKY'S MUM;-
Ten seconds
And went back inside
KEVIN;-
JACKY;-
KEVIN;-
yeah [mhhh clears throat] Its about tomorrow , we are going to perform
JACKY;-
music thing
KEVIN;-
look Jacky im sorry if i did something wrong to you but i need you
there
JACKY;-
WHY?
KEVIN;-
JACKY;-
ill think about it [as she goes back inside] bye Kevin
Scene 38
orgarniser came
EVENT STAFF;-
ZINO;-
EVENT STAFF;-
JACK;-
Okey well be ready [shouted] are you ready to rock boys whhooo hooo
JACK TO BABA;-
BABA;-
Jacks shoulder
JACK;-
BABA'S SISTER;-
JACK;-
he holds Babas sister on his shoulder, Baba turning away and started
crying while squatting, even when Kevin wanted to comfort him Baba
BABA;-
all seated far from each other eveeryone bearing his own sadness
com' on you guys you need to be ready in less than half an hour
JACK;-
EVENT STAFF;-
What!
JACK;-
his mother has died a few minutes ago and he is one of our band members
EVENT STAFF;-
Im so sorry guys don't worry there will be a replacement, thank you
-Then he left
JACK;-
-Martin shouted
MARTIN;-
-They came to where Martin was surprisingly his Father was there too
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
and all you boys have been doing is good im sorry i should have listen
its too late dad now, she died some minutes ago, We are not going on
stage,
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
Is that why you guys look like this? Com on youve got to do this, Im
sad too shes dead but you need to move on , stop concentrating on what
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
ive been looking all over for you guys, whats wrong with the faces
KEVIN;-
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
Thats not all they are not going on stage ,they think they cant perform
KEVIN'S GRANDY;-
best, this is always what youve wanted [She went closer to Baba and
talked to him holding his shoulder] com on Baba this is what your
mother wanted for you, do you want to give it up yhe last minute. your
mum has been taken by God and she is now watching you from a higher
place, tell me is this what you want her to see of you, make her happy
-She's interupted by a big skretch of bus brakes of a bus and dust plus
-The bus had leaves tied on the front empty 20 galons tied at the back
chickens on top, the door of the bus opened up people eagerly waiting
-First came out an Oldman in his 60s with a Godfather hat and country
ZINO;-
oh my God DAD!
-second came out a woman with a purpledress a white scarf long black
DEDE;-
Oh God MUM!
they both rushed at the door to their parents and brought them to
ZINO;-
We had gone to where you stay and everyone told me you are here , they
ZINO'S MUM
We heard you are performing with a band and we decided to bring the
ZINO;-
Oh God no!, one of our band members mother has died we can't go on
stage
ZINO'S MUM;-
What! where is he [She moves with all the villagers sorounding the
boys] we came all the way and you want to tell us you woun't get on
stage the whole village is with us, you need to do this, not for us,
but for the one who has died , do this for your mother please
-The band members looked at each other, when they looked at Kevins
KEVINS GRANDY;-
please
please
MARTIN'S FATHER;-
rushed to him
JACK;-
excuse me, am sorry we had personal issues but we are okey now, we are
JACK;-
Ok thank you
EVENT STAFF;-
JACK;-
Oh gosh
JACK;-{CONT'D}
clapped his hands twice, okey okey guys we are giong on stage right
away
JACK;-{CONT'D}
Thank you all forgiving us courage to move on
-They all nod yes in appreciation but it was tense because nobody knew
how the show will be, but as they got in on stage martins dad started
cheering
MARTIN'S DAD;-
-As they were on stage preparing their instruments the host was
HOST;-
Young people of Africa this is our time com' on say this is our time
CROWD;-
take charge of their own issues, the oldfolks have led this nation for
decades full of corruption and we the youth now think weve had enough
,We want to thank the UN THE DANNISH EMBASSY THE FINNISH government for
sponsoring this event, these people need new direction so are the
young. we need a new tune , talking about new tunes how many of youn
CROWD;-
HOST;-
The people of kenya please welcome the first all blacks african
-The garbage boys started rocking hard making the whole crowd shout at
JACK;-
JACK;-
about us. See we startedthis band because onev of our friend in the
band had cancer, Baba please come forward. We wanted to take her to
goes back to his position] her mother died some few hours ago, we
right now
JACK;-
we want dedicate this show for all the youths who are fighting for
JACK;-
above all we want to dedicate this show to the ones who their hopes and
JACK;-{CONT'D}
CROWD;-
JACK;-
My friend told me there are no rock fans in africa, how many of you
CROWD;-
goes so loud, screams and hand high above The music gets louder harder
and faster
JACK;-
JACK;-
Today we want to send a clear message to all the rockbands in the world
JACK;-{CONT'D}
We will rock Africa so hard that they wished they would have come here
-They rocked the instruments so hard that the crowd kept screaming
-Shots of the Band performing onother song
-shots of the boys coming off stage people acknowledging the show
COMMENTS;-
THE BAND;-
-Kevin notices Jacky and smiles Jacky smiles back, Kevin rushed to
KEVIN;-
JACKY;-
shhhh
she kissed Kevin so hard , while on the other side Jack was kissing
Babas sister
BABA;-
MARTIN;-
-we establish the whole jubilant mood, people, then puns up to the sky
VOICE;-
-The camera puns down to a cemetery of Babas mother funeral, They were
POSTOR;-
As we lay her to rest on this day we pray that the lord Jesus will be
-Choir sings as they lower the casket into the grave slowly, everyone
-Kevin was with Jacky holding hands, Jack was with Babas sister
comforting her, Martin was with his family, Zino and Dede was with his
Mum and Dad ,While Baba was busy with his mothers funeral
-After the funeral the boys excused themselves and met on the sidelines
ZINO;-
ZINO;-{CONT'D}
guys how would you feel to curtain raise for 3 doors down in America
ZINO;-{CONT'D}
What!! weve been invited to America!!, they saw our tape now they say
THE END
MARTIN'S V/O;-
BABA'S V/O;-