Sawubona! Kulo lonke leli sonto i-Eurogamer ibungaza i-Pride ngochungechunge lwezindaba ezihlola ukuhlangana kwemiphakathi ye-LGBT+ futhi idlala ngezindlela zayo eziningi ezihlukene, kusukela emidlalweni yamavidiyo nemidlalo yethebulethi kuye ekudlaleni indima engokoqobo. Okulandelayo, u-Sharang uhlola indlela abadlali abasebenzisa ngayo amageyimu evidiyo ukuhlola amandla ekusasa eliwumqansa.
Uma sikhuluma ngemidlalo yevidiyo “njenge-escapism”, sivame ukugxila kuyo provenance: siyabaleka kusukela inqwaba yemisebenzi yethu, izibopho zethu, izinto ezisabisayo ezincane ezigcwele impilo yesimanje. Asivamile ukugxila endaweni esiya kuyo. Sibalekelaphi kuya? Ingabe empeleni umhlaba ongcono kunalona esizama ukuwushiya ngemuva? Imidlalo yevidiyo ingasinikeza imihlaba esingase sibe nayo like ukuhlala kuyo; bangasinika imihlaba thina can uhlala phakathi? Futhi ikakhulukazi kubantu abayiziwula, ubukeka kanjani lo mhlaba?
In Ukulandelela i-Utopia, idokhumentari eyakhonjiswa okokuqala ku-International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021, abenzi bamafilimu u-Nick Tyson kanye no-Catarina de Sousa babuza iqembu lentsha engamahlakaniphi mayelana nombono wabo we-utopia eyinqaba. Izimpendulo zihlukahlukene. Ukufinyelela okungcono ekunakekelweni ngokwengqondo, umlando ongajwayelekile ezikoleni, izindlu zangasese ezingahlukanisiwe… "Umbono wami womhlaba ophelele uyihlathi," kuduma ngengane eyodwa.
