The Power Of One (PG)

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CHAFFEY THEATRE
Friday May 16 at 10am – Coffee Flix Screening

Chaffey Theatre celebrating 30 years is proud to present Dean Semmler’s Coffee Filx Program.

Dean Semler, A.C.S., A.S.C., AM is an Oscar winning Australian cinematographer. In his career he has worked as a cinematographer, camera operator, director, second unit director, and assistant director.

Born in Renmark in 1943, Dean’s career has taken him from working as a humble props boy at NWS9 in Adelaide to being the Director of Photography on more than 70 movies and television series. His distinctive style won him the Oscar in 1990 for Dances With Wolves as well as nine other international and national awards.

The Power of One is an intriguing story of a young English boy named Peekay and his passion for changing the world. Growing up he suffered as the only English boy in an Afrikaans school.

Soon orphaned, he was placed in the care of a German national named Professor von Vollensteen (a.k.a. ‘Doc’), a friend of his grandfather. Doc develops Peekay’s piano talent and Peekay becomes ‘assistant gardener’ in Doc’s cactus garden.

It is not long after WWII begins that Doc is placed in prison for failure to register with the English government as a foreigner.

Peekay makes frequent visits and meets Geel Piet, an inmate, who teaches him to box. Geel Piet spreads the myth of the Rainmaker, the one who brings peace to all of the tribes. Peekay is cast in the light of this myth.

After the war Peekay attends an English private school where he continues to box. He meets a young girl, Maria, with whom he falls in love. Her father, Professor Daniel Marais, is a leader of the Nationalist Party of South Africa.

The two fight to teach the natives English as Peekay’s popularity grows via the myth. Peekay loses focus until he sees the success of his language school among the tribes. He and Guideon Duma continue the work in hopes of building a better future for Africa.

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