The South African release date for A Million Colours was also confirmed to open on Thursday, 26 April at Nu Metro, Ster-Kinekor and selected independent cinemas countrywide.

The film stars Wandile Molebatsi (SKEEM, The Wild, Born Free 2, ER and Rhythm City), Idols winner Jason Hartman, Masello Motana (Isidingo, Home Affairs and Artcha), Mpho Osei-Tutu (Rhythm City, Home Affairs, For Sale), and Hollywood actor Stelio Savante, who was born in South Africa and starred in several successful productions like Ugly Betty, Law and Order, NCIS, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend. The film was directed and co-written by award-winning Canadian-born Peter Bishai.

Commenting on A Million Colours, Bishai says: “It is tremendously exciting to have a release date for the film in South Africa. The fact that the film has been selected for four of the top international film festivals prior to the release is testament to the superb work of our entire South African cast and crew, whose artistry is truly world-class.”

A colourful global story in the vein of Slumdog Millionaire, A Million Colours was inspired by the lives of Muntu Ndebele and Norman Knox (the black and white stars, respectively, of the 1970’s film classic e’Lollipop – one of South Africa’s biggest box-office hits which was viewed in more than 40 countries). A Million Colours now tells the dramatic story of what happened to these child stars of e'Lollipop in the decades following their early fame and success. Molebatsi portrays Ndebele, while Hartman was cast in the role of Knox.
The producer and co-writer of e’Lollipop, André Pieterse, called in the assistance of Knox to find Ndebele, who had disappeared without a trace for two decades. When he was eventually found amongst addicts in Hillbrow, Ndebele was in a state of disrepair due to a life of crime and drugs. During three years of rehabilitation, Pieterse encouraged Ndebele to write his life story on a daily basis. As Ndebele detailed the events of his turbulent youth, beginning with his involvement in the 1976 Soweto Uprising, the filmmakers discovered that his life had been filled with incredible highs and lows, love and loss, danger and excitement – all the things that would make a powerful and inspiring film.

A Million Colours tells an epic story of true love and friendship that gets challenged in every way imaginable. It showcases how love triumphs over evil and how God in His wisdom and grace grants Ndebele a second chance in a life impacted by wrong choices.

“Set against a turbulent background of a nation in crisis, A Million Colours is filled with intriguing characters, spine-tingling circumstance, dramatic depths, and exhilarating heights as the main characters find their way into a hopeful future with an unprecedented determination to respond to a second chance,” Bishai concluded.