South Africa and Namibia, on the other hand, both had established film industries. "But then there was this notion of budget."īecause it did not have a film infrastructure in place, Botswana was expensive. Moore, a self-described "occasional New Yorker" who has spent time in Botswana for the past 20 years. "We'd always talked about wanting to shoot here," says Ms. Moore about turning the series into a movie, both assumed that it would be shot in Botswana – the country that gives the story its flavor. Seven years ago, when McCall Smith talked to producer Amy J. If all goes as planned, the movie will expand into a BBC series. 11, 2001 – they have been translated into 40 different languages and sold more than 15 million copies. The feel-good books exploded in popularity after Sept. McCall Smith's series is set in Botswana, and focuses on the character Precious Ramotswe, a plucky, "traditionally-built" detective who solves fraud and misdeeds in Gabarone, the capital city. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency should be the launch of a film industry here. It also means that her country of 1.7 million, whose economy is almost entirely dependent on diamond mining, may be the latest nation to cash in on Tinseltown's Africa fad and launch a lucrative new industry. Sorinyane has a gig as an assistant producer. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, a movie based on Alexander McCall Smith's hit book series of the same name. This month, filming started on the first international movie ever to be shot in Botswana – The No. "There is no film industry here, so if you want to eat you need to move somewhere else," she says from behind a pair of trendy, oversized sunglasses.īut that, she hopes, is changing. Her home country of dust and diamonds was her inspiration but if she wanted a job, she had to cross the border into South Africa. Until Hollywood came to town, work was scarce for Botswana film producer Portia Molebedi Sorinyane.
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