BY JOHNPHAN MVULA, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, AFRICA – I have always been camera shy and I always said to myself that I couldn’t act. So when Uncle Jabbes told me that I was going be part of the film, my body started to shiver.

The few times I have been in front of the camera it has been with friends goofing around. After each shoot I have always insisted that the tape be erased. Now I know I cannot erase the tape. There is no going back. As I waited for my first time on the BAD TIMING set I kept telling myself, “I can do this. I can do this.”

Make-up on my face, microphone hidden in my jacket, lights on, camera rolling, the director called ACTION!

Then I was doing it! Everything went smoothly. The feeling I had was one I had never felt before. Everyone said that we did a good job. I am not sure if I was able to act well because I was trying to impress someone or because I just wanted to prove that “I can do this.”