Umdlali we-Schenectady ozalwe ngumlingisi u-Ato Essandoh ubekho kuyo yonke indawo; ngoku uza eMars

KWIMIFANEKISO: U-Ato Essandoh ubonwa kwifoto yasesidlangalaleni kwaye, ngaphakathi, ukusuka kwewotshi ukusuka kwinqanaba lokuqala, edada kwindawo elandelelana ngokulandelelana kweNetflix, "Kude," njengomntu ofikisayo ovuka eGlenville nanjengoTrey Ferry omkhulu kumdlalo weqonga weCBS "Umgaqo."

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UAto Essandoh kufuneka acinge.

Hayi malunga nento yokwenza kunye nobomi bakhe. Uye wayicingela loo nto. Hayi malunga nokubonakala kwakhe okuphambili, zombini. Zonke ezi zibhalisiwe, mhlawumbi esona siqingatha. 
Ngenye indlela, emva kokuba ndimbuzile ukuba yeyiphi na kwimidlalo yakhe yescreen eyona nto yayinzima ukuyilungiselela kwiminyaka engama-25 yobuchwephesha, kuye kufuneke acinge. Kuye, nangona kunjalo, yinto leyo. Kuthetha ukuba yenziwe. 

Kwaye kukhuseleko lwakhe, zininzi izinto ezenziwayo zokuxutywa ziingcinga zakhe. Usebenze iTanis ngaphakathi kowe-2005 uWill Smith comedy "Hitch." Usebenze kunye noLeo DiCaprio kwi-2006 yeDabi lomlo we-2016 "Igazi leDayimani." Uvele njengo-D'Artagnan kumdlalo bhanyabhanya ophumelele u-Oscar u-Quentin Tarantino “u-Django Unchained” - athi ekugqibeleni, sixeko sineengalo, eyona nto inzima ukuyilungiselela. Kwaye wayeyongeza imihla ngemihla kwi-XNUMX Scorsese-Jagger collab "Vinyl," kunye nenqanaba elizayo lokusasaza kwiNetflix "kude", eza ngo-Septemba. 

Nangona kunjalo njengoko esiya eMars kwindawo yakhe entsha njengosomajukujuku, nanjengoko ebhiyozela ubuchwephesha bokuhlikihla amagxa nokujongana nabadlali abakhulu kunye nabalawuli beli xesha liqhelekileyo, kubalulekile ukukhumbula indawo eliqale kuyo ibali lika-Essandoh: iSchenectady.

U-Essandoh wazalelwa ngaphakathi kwisithuba se-1972, kubantu abafudukela e-US bevela eGhana. Umama notata wakhe badibana kula mazwe ngaphambili kunokuba beze eSchenectady kwiminyaka kamva, xa utata wakhe wafumana umsebenzi kwiZiseko zoMbane.

"Umama wayezokuya eVarsity eWashington utata wam wayephezulu eCornell," utshilo uEssandoh. “Emva koko badibana nendawo ethile phakathi. Emva koko utata wam, owayefumana ubunjineli bombane eCornell, wafumana umsebenzi kwi-Basic Electrical. Kungenxa yoko le nto befudukele apho emva kokuba kuyeyona nto ibalulekileyo ebomini babo. Ukuba babenam. Kwaye sasihlala eSchenectady, eWoodcrest Drive. ”

Xa ethetha ngobuntwana bakhe, iinkumbulo zikaEssandoh ziphinda ziphinde zikhawuleze ngokukhawuleza. Wahlala eGlenville kwade kwaba kwibanga lesihlanu (ke malunga neminyaka eli-12). Waya eGlencliff Elementary College eAlplaus waze kamva wathunyelwa eSt. Helens [ngoku eyiSanta Kateri Tekakwitha Parish School]. Eyona nto imangalisayo kuye, uyavuma, yindlela ethe ngqo eyayihamba ngayo ngebhayisekile xa esiya kuhlala eGlenville.

"Into endiyigcinayo engqondweni malunga neSchenectady kukusebenzisa nje iibhayisekile kuyo yonke indawo," utshilo uEssandoh. "Kwaye kwaphinda kwalapha kuloo mhla, sele uyazi, umama notata wakho bakukhupha nje ekhaya emva koko bakucebise ngeempelaveki ukuba uphinde ubuye uzokutya isidlo sangokuhlwa."

Indawo awayeyithanda kakhulu u-Essandoh xa ehamba ngebhayisikile yakhe yayingumhadi wegrabile owawusuka eWoodcrest Drive, odla ngokubizwa ngokuba “yimingxuma.” "Sasiya apho kunye nolunye ulutsha oluselumelwaneni kangangeeyure kwaye silonakalise."

Sihanjiswe eNew Rochelle

Ngelishwa, ixesha lika-Essandoh eSchenectady lafika apha ukugqiba umjikelo we-1984, xa indlu yakhe yafudukela eNew Rochelle. Ekugqibeleni waya eCornell, elandela ekhondweni likayise, kwaye wazimisela ukuphonononga ubunjineli bemichiza.

Kwakungomnye umhla esikolweni, kwindawo ethile nge-1993, xa wafumana igama.

“Yayingumlawuli owayesenza lo mdlalo kwaye yena wayejonge umhlobo wam osenyongweni uMarcus owayekwangunjineli. Bendihlala ndifana, 'UMarcus akahlali, ndingawuthatha umyalezo?' Emva koko wandinika into ethile kumdlalo. Khange ndikhe ndenze nto okanye enye into ngaphambili, ke bendidla ngokufana nokuthi, 'Ufuna mna ukuba ndidlale, andiwufumani?' Ndiyabanda. ”

U-Essandoh waziwa njenge ntombi yakhe ngelo xesha, wachaza {ukuba} umntu angamaziyo wamnika umsebenzi wokudlala kwaye intombi yakhe yaqala ukuhleka. Ngelo xesha, wamzama ukuba ayenze kwaye waxhoma iselfowuni.

"Ndaye ke ndaphela ndenza umdlalo," utshilo uEssandoh. “Kwaye mhlawumbi yayiyeyona ngcali ibalaseleyo ebomini bam. Andikaze ndicinge ukuvela njengento enkulu kunale ndiyibonayo kumboniso, njengoDenzel Washington. Andizange ndikuthathe njengenye into enokuba yinto nje onokuyenza njengomzamo. ”

Nangona kunjalo uyenzile. Kwaye emva kweminyaka nje embalwa engafane aqhubeke nobomi njengenjineli kwaye atshintshele eRhode Island, wazibhalela uqinisekiso lobufundisi. 

"Emva koko ukubonakala kugcinwa nje kuza kum kwakhona," utshilo uEssandoh. “Ke xa ndazibhaqa ndikwiNew York Metropolis, kwiminyaka emithathu ukuya kwemine kamva [ngo-4], ndaqala ukuya kwiklasi yokubonakala. Andinalwazi lokuba iklasi ebonakala ngathi iza kubonakala ngathi, nangona kunjalo bendiziva ngathi bendihlala, mfondini, bekungathi, ngabantu bam aba. Ndiyayifumana. Aba bantu bayandibona. ”

U-Essandoh waqala ukuthatha iindima ezincinci kumdlalo weqonga kuyo yonke iNew York ekuqaleni. Igig yakhe yokuqala ukuboniswa, kumzuzu owaziwa njengo “Bukela Okwesithathu,” yayinjengomthunywa wezithuthuthu owabethwa yimoto kungekho namnye ngaphandle komlingisi owayephuma ngelo xesha uBobby Cannavale. U-Essandoh ukhumbula exelela bonke abatshatileyo malunga nesikhundla- kunye nesikhalo sakhe esikhulu okwangoku-bakhetha ukuba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kule planethi. Kwaye ukhumbula indibano Cannavale okwethutyana kwindawo ethile kwiseti yeVinyl. “Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu emva koko, sikwi 'Vinyl,'” utshilo uEssandoh. “Kwaye ndinje, 'Yo, Bobby yintoni ndoda? Uhlala ukhumbula ukuba 'ukuBukela okwesithathu' ngaba sele ukwenzile? ' Kwaye wayefana, 'Hayi, mfo.' ”

'Bopha' indawo

Amahlaya ahlukeneyo, umsebenzi ka-Essandoh wakhawuleza wamsa kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, njengoko wayenenkwenkwezi ecaleni kukaWill Smith kwi-Hitch ka-2006. Konke ngokufota eNew York, uEssandoh ukhumbula izihlwele ezikhulu ezijikeleze uSmith, kwaye kamva wamngqonga emgceni ukuze abukele, athi bekungagqibekanga ngenxa yomntu odumileyo kaSmith aura.

Xa kufikwa kubude bokwenyani, nangona kunjalo, ibali lakhe alithandayo likaSmith kwiseti yayingelilo lonke ixesha lokuqhekeka ngokukhululekileyo ababekwenza phakathi kwemiboniso. Kwakuxa wayehleli noSmith kwi teksi.

Siqhuba ngeFifth Avenue okanye ngento enye, utshilo u-Essandoh. "Kwaye sele uyazi, nguWill Smith phezulu kwamandla akhe ke ndiyakholelwa ukuba wenza le filimu, 'Ndiyintsomi.' Singemva kwekhabhathi sidubule esinye seziqendu ezininzi, emva koko sihleli nje silungele ukuba iteksi iphinde iphinde inyuke ukuze senze enye enye ithathe okanye into enye. Sivele sime phantsi kweposta [ka-Smith] engama-300 eenyawo kwicala lokwakha. ”

“Ibingathi ngumfanekiso ofanelekileyo: Ikhabhathi iyaqengqeleka kwaye ndiyayibona imbonakalo yesilivere kwaye ayiyiboni ngenxa yokuhamba kwam. Emva koko, ekuhambeni kwencoko yababini, wabonakala ngokulula egxalabeni lakhe, wavela, waqaphela ipowusta kwaye waphinde waya kwidayalog. Uye wajonga ukuba ikhetha ukuba ibe yinto eqhelekileyo kuye. Kwaye bendihlala ndithanda ukuba, 'Intle kakhulu.' ”

Ukumangaliswa kuka-Essandoh kwakhula njengoko wayeqala ukubamba iindima ezishiyekileyo kwaye zilungile emva kwimovie. Nangona kunjalo eyona nto inzima ukuyilungiselela, uyavuma, yayiyi "Django Unchained."

"Ngenxa nje yobunzima bemeko yokonwaba kwakhe nawuphina umntu owaziyo ukuba uzakufa, ucela ubomi bakhe," utshilo u-Essandoh. "Oko bekukhathaza ngokwasemphefumlweni kwaye ukongeza ukucinga ukuba ndiza kuzama imini yonke."

Uvakalelo oluqhelekileyo

Nangona kunjalo, kwi-Essandoh, ukulungiswa kuko okuya kumenza onwabe kwisikhundla ngasinye. Kokugqibela inani leenyanga - njengoko ilizwe elininzi lihleli lodwa - umdlali weqonga wajoyina wonke umntu ekuziva eyedwa, emva kokufota imiboniso yakhe ka "Kude" ngoJanuwari. Isimanga sesokuba isimilo sakhe, uKwesi, kufuneka ayiphathe le ndlela yokuba lilolo njengoko ethunyelwe eMars - uluvo oluye lwatshintsha lwaba yinto yesiqhelo yabantu abaninzi ekutshixweni kwabo.

"Ndiyakholelwa ekubeni sonke senze umsebenzi ongaxakekiyo," utshilo uEssandoh ngokulandelelana kweziqendu ezili-10 "kude". “Njengomdlali weqonga, ngamaxesha onke ujonga imidlalo yakho kwaye uhambe, 'Owu, ngekhe ndiyenzile le nto.' Ngoku ndinedatha eninzi. Ke ukuba sifumene elinye elinye ixesha lonyaka kwaye ukuba sonke siyasinda kule sizini, ndinokuninzi kakhulu ekunokunikwa isikhundla. ”

Eli xesha lonyaka-lobomi ubuncinci- belilungile ku-Essandoh. Ngelixa efuna ukuchitha ixesha kunye nendlu yakhe eGhana, okwangoku usebenzisa ixesha lakhe elongezelelekileyo ukubamba iindibano ezimbini.

"Engadibananga," erekhodwe kunye nomhlobo wakhe uChris Cecot, awadibana naye ngalo lonke ixesha lakhe eSchenectady, ulandela amadoda amabini - uCecot emhlophe kwaye uEssandoh emnyama - njengoko bethetha ngobuhlanga, ukuzazisa kunye nehlabathi. "Njengokuba sizelwe kwindawo enye, besinqwenela ukubumba ubomi bethu bobabini kwaye sizame ukuthetha ngokubhekisele kwiyantlukwano ephakama kwindawo enye, indlela ebendichaphazeleka ngayo, ngokuchasene nendlela achaphazeleka ngayo," U-Essandoh ukhankanyiwe. 

Umsitho wakhe owahlukileyo, "iRadio Zamunda," uyamlandela kunye nomnye umhlobo wakhe njengoko bengena ngobugcisa, isiko kunye nomculo. Esi sibini sihambisa iindwendwe ngokuqinisekileyo esinye sazo siyazi, kwaye sinengxoxo enzulu, yengqondo malunga nokuba loo mntu ufumene njani ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

Kuncinci uEsssandoh awaziyo, ibali lakhe lobuqu liya kuyenza ngokufanelekileyo ipodcast. Ngelixa kutyhilwa nganye kukhusela u-Essandoh oxakekile, unombulelo ngokuba iSchenectady inokuba yinxalenye yobomi bayo kunye nomsebenzi wayo ongadibaniyo. Kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke, nokuba abantu balapha bayambamba okanye hayi, ufuna ukuba wazi ukuba "nguSchenectady ozelwe kwaye wakhula."

“Kukho umhlaba ochumileyo wobuchule ophezulu apho, nantso indawo ozalelwa kuyo. Kukho ngawo onke amaxesha amabali anomdla naphina apho uya khona. Ndingomnye nje wale micimbi. ”