Helen O'Grady student lead boy in Ian Gabriel's "Four Corners"

We are very proud of Jezreil Skei (aged 13 years) who attends the Ulman Park branch(Morningside)  of our Academy. He was chosen out of hundreds of boys auditioned in Johannesburg and Cape Town to play the lead role (Ricardo) in the film "Four Corners" directed by South African director Ian Gabriel.

Ian Gabriel's award winning feature film FORGIVENESS received critical acclaim worldwide ,and was heralded in a recent CNN report as one of ten best African films of the last decade http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/21/world/africa/best-african-movies/index.html

Jezreil or Jezie as  he likes to be called spent 7 weeks filming down in Cape Town. He had an amazing experience as he had to learn new skills including how to play chess, weaponry training and learn the local "language" of the Cape Flats gang mobs.

Four Corners is a coming of age story about a young boy at the crossroads in his life.  RICARDO's coming of age story highlights the positive outcome of the strength of family in the gang-torn communities surrounding Cape Town.The film will be released next year.

Jezie, like most of the drama students who attend the Helen O'grady Drama Academy Johannesburg North East belongs to Take 10 Casting Agency, our sister company.The performance skills taught at the academy certainly help our students to achieve success in the  TV and film industry.