Pastor Blessings Chinangwa (Charles Mpheula, Malawi, 2023)
Charles Mpheula's short film from Malawi invites viewers to reflect on accidents, perception and physical disability without prescribing a single viewpoint. It uses intimate moments and everyday details to explore how adults make sense of sudden change, motivation and belief. Scenes ask us to consider how preaching, authority and personal experience shape what we see and how we respond. The film sits comfortably within the Focus on Ability festival, offering a respectful, thoughtful contribution to conversations about ability, inclusion and resilience. It is brief, affecting and open to interpretation, leaving space for audiences to bring their own perspectives.
Mbamaaa kisi malaube, kwa hivyo inatooata unatooka inatooata ni... inatoota na masi reboota with absolutely confidence Yo la des Kibwa So yo lawu kada bada kwa juu atananyi ako tuovo imtatoo na da Whut motivates you to reach the gospel? Whut motives me to reach the gospel? It's the life that I have The strong life The healthy life And that gives me courage so that I don't have to sit And in our days the gospel must be preached everywhere When you call upon Jesus the Son of the Living God it is possible that you can be preaching the gospel But people can be saying that because you've got the problem with the disability Is that the case? Can you remember the month the year or the day you became born again? It was 2019 31st December What happened? It was when I divorced you It was then I heard the calling I had a dream but it was in a minibus a white minibus I couldn't see him When I said I'd like to see you He said No, you can't see me Just hear my voice that God is calling you that you should save him I've been doing this I've been going in different praying places up until people chased me from one rent house to another rent house from one place to another up until today I'm still saving God In Malawi there is nothing that is working but I want to tell you that it's not about Malawi but when the country faces with Jesus Christ what is impossible becomes possible What do you do when you face trouble? Where do you come from? I come from Zankoto How far is Zankoto? It is a distance How do you travel to town? I use a bicycle Do you have a gospel of your heart? Yes, I have Acts of the Apostles Chapter 3 from verse 1 The Bible says One day Peter and John were going to the synagogue to praise God They found a man with disability who had never walked before as they were entering into the synagogue When they saw him they said, look at us we don't have silver we don't have gold what we have is Jesus Christ of Nazareth and we say, walk I would like to say that there are many disabled individuals in this world but they don't have time to praise God Being disabled is not an issue that you cannot save God You can save God God uses anything He can use anybody You as an individual with a disability can you preach this gospel which is talking about disability and people will hear you yet you are also a disabled individual Can't you be ashamed of it? No, I can't Yes I can preach it because it moves me that once you meet God you face God your life changes your life changes completely it completely as it changed me as I was a drunkard that's why I can preach that gospel at the Apostles Chapel Pastor Bori I'm happy that we have been in this interview Amen
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