Umlingisi owazalelwa eSchenectady u-Ato Essandoh ubekhona yonke indawo; manje uya eMars

KWEZITHOMBE: U-Ato Essandoh ubonakala esithombeni sakamuva somphakathi futhi, ngaphakathi, ukusuka ewindini kusukela ekuqaleni, entanta endaweni evela kulandelana oluzayo lweNetflix, "Away," esemusha ovuka eGlenville nanjengoMain Trey Ferry ngaphakathi komdlalo we-CBS "Ikhodi."

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U-Ato Essandoh kufanele acabange.

Hhayi ngalokho okufanele akwenze kanye nempilo yakhe. Uthole lelo ngaphandle. Hhayi ngesikhundla sakhe esilandelayo sokuvela, sobabili. Konke lokhu kubhukhiwe, mhlawumbe ingxenye enkulu. 
Ngenye indlela, ngemuva kokuthi ngimbuze ukuthi yikuphi kokudlala kwakhe esikrinini okwaba nzima kakhulu ukuhlela umsebenzi wakhe weminyaka engama-25, empeleni wayezocabanga. Kuye, noma kunjalo, lokho kuyisici. Kusho ukuthi ukwenzile. 

Ekuvikelekeni kwakhe, kunemidlalo embalwa kakhulu ayishintshayo ngemicabango yakhe. Udlale iTanis ngaphakathi komdlalo wamahlaya wothando kaWill Smith othi “Hitch” ngo-2005. Usebenze noLeo DiCaprio ngo-2006 kumqhudelwano we-Civil War othi “Blood Diamond.” Uvele njengo-D'Artagnan kumdlalo we-Quentin Tarantino we-movie owawina u-Oscar othi “Django Unchained” - ekugcineni athi kwaba yikho, idolobha lezingalo, okwakunzima kakhulu ukulihlelela. Futhi ubengekho nsuku zonke ku-2016 Scorsese-Jagger collab "Vinyl," ngesikhundla sokusakaza esizayo ku-Netflix "Away", eza ngo-Septhemba. 

Kodwa-ke njengoba ebhekisa amabombo eMars esimweni sakhe esisha njengomkhathi, futhi njengoba egubha umsebenzi wokuhlikihla amahlombe futhi esebenzisana nabalingisi abakhulu nabaphathi besikhathi semfashini, kubalulekile ukukhumbula indawo le ndaba ka-Essandoh eqale ngayo: iSchenectady.

U-Essandoh wazalelwa esikhaleni ngo-1972, kubantu abafudukela e-US besuka eGhana. Unina noyise bahlangana ezifundeni ngaphambi kokufika eSchenectady eminyakeni eyalandela, lapho uyise ethola umsebenzi kwa-Basic Electrical.

"Umama wayezoya eVarsity eWashington kanti ubaba wami wayeseCornell," kusho u-Essandoh. “Ngemuva kwalokho bahlangana kwenye indawo phakathi. Lapho-ke ubaba wami, owayethola ubunjiniyela bogesi eCornell, wathola umsebenzi kwa-Basic Electrical. Ukuze yingakho bathuthele lapho ngemuva kwalokho ababenesici esihle kakhulu empilweni yabo. Ukuthi babenami. Futhi besihlala eSchenectady, eWoodcrest Drive. ”

Lapho ekhuluma ngobuntwana bakhe, izinkumbulo zika-Essandoh ziphinda zibuye ngokushesha okukhulu. Wahlala eGlenville kwaze kwaba sebangeni lesihlanu (ngakho-ke cishe uneminyaka eyi-12). Waya eGlencliff Elementary College e-Alplaus futhi kamuva wathunyelwa eSt. Helens [manje eyiSanta Kateri Tekakwitha Parish School]. Osekucacile ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kwakumhambela kahle kakhulu, kwakucaca kangakanani ukuthi wayehamba kanjani ngebhayisekili lapho ehlala khona eGlenville.

"Engikukhumbulayo ngeSchenectady bekungamabhayisekili kuyo yonke indawo," kusho u-Essandoh. "Futhi lokho bekungakapheli usuku lendawo, uyazi, umama wakho nobaba wakho bamane bakuxosha ekhaya ngemuva kwalokho bakweluleka ngempelasonto ukuthi ubuye uzodla isidlo sakusihlwa."

Indawo u-Essandoh ayeyithanda kakhulu ukuhamba ngebhayisikili lakhe kwakuwumgodi wamatshe owedlule owawuseWoodcrest Drive, ovame ukubizwa “ngemigodi.” "Sasiya lapho nentsha eseduze yasekhaya amahora amaningi simane siyidabule."

Ihanjiswe eNew Rochelle

Ngokudabukisayo, isikhathi sika-Essandoh eSchenectady safika lapha ngo-1984, lapho umndeni wakhe uthuthela eNew Rochelle. Ekugcineni waya kuCornell, walandela ezinyathelweni zikayise, futhi wazimisela ukubuyekeza ubunjiniyela bamakhemikhali.

Kwaze kwaba ngelinye ilanga esikoleni, kwenye indawo ngo-1993, lapho athola khona igama.

“Kwakungumqondisi owayenza lo mdlalo futhi yena wayefuna umngani wami omuhle kunabo bonke uMarcus owayengunjiniyela futhi. Ngangivame ukufana nokuthi, 'UMarcus akahlali, ngingawuthatha umyalezo?' Ngemuva kwalokho wanginikeza into ethile ngaphakathi komdlalo. Angikaze ngenze noma okuthile phambilini kunalokho, ngakho-ke bengivame ukufana nokuthi, 'Udinga ukuthi ngenze umdlalo, angiwutholi?' Ngifudumala. ”

Ngakho-ke u-Essandoh owaziwa njengentombi yakhe ngaleso sikhathi, uchaze ukuthi umuntu ongamazi umnikeze umsebenzi emdlalweni futhi intombi yakhe yaqala ukuhleka. Ngaleso sikhathi, wambonisa ukuthi uzokwenza wavala umakhalekhukhwini.

"Ngakho-ke ngagcina ngenza lo mdlalo," kusho u-Essandoh. “Futhi mhlawumbe bekungubungcweti obedlula bonke empilweni yami. Angikaze ngicabange ukuvela njengokuthile okukhulu kunalokho engikubona kusibonisi, njengoDenzel Washington. Angikaze ngikubheke njengento eyodwa engase ibe yisici omane usenze njengomzamo othile. ”

Nokho wakwenza. Futhi ngemuva kweminyaka nje embalwa yokuphishekela impilo njengonjiniyela futhi eguqukela eRhode Island, wazibhalela incwadi egomela ngokuthunywa. 

"Bese kuthi ukuvela nje kugcinwe kubuye kimi," kusho u-Essandoh. “Ngakho-ke lapho ngizithola ngiseNew York Metropolis, cishe eminyakeni emithathu kuya kwengu-4 kamuva [cishe ngo-1997], ngaqala ukuya ekilasini lokuvela. Bengingazi ukuthi isigaba esivelayo sizobukeka kanjani, kepha ngazizwa sengathi bengivame ukuhlala, mfowethu, bekufana nokuthi, laba ngabantu bami. Ngiyakuthola. Laba bantu bayangibona. ”

U-Essandoh waqala ukuthatha izindima ezincane zemidlalo yaseshashalazini kulo lonke elaseNew York ekuqaleni. Igigi yakhe yokuqala ukubukiswa, kwisipho esaziwa nge- “Third Watch,” yayinjengesithunywa sesithuthuthu esashayiswa yimoto akekho ngaphandle komlingisi owayesakhula ngaleso sikhathi uBobby Cannavale. U-Essandoh ukhumbula etshela bonke abalingani bakhe maqondana nalesi sikhundla - nokukhala kwakhe okukhulu esikhathini samanje - bakhetha ukuthi kube yinto ehamba phambili kule planethi. Futhi ukhumbula umhlangano iCannavale isikhashana endaweni ethile kusethi yeVinyl. "Eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu noma ngaphezulu kamuva, sesiku-'Vinyl, '” kusho u-Essandoh. “Futhi ngifana nokuthi, 'Yo, Bobby kwenzenjani ndoda? Uhlala ukhumbula ukuthi 'i-Third Watch' ibikhona cishe? ' Futhi wayefana nokuthi, 'Cha, mfowethu.' ”

Isikhundla 'Bophela'

Amahlaya ahlukanisiwe, umsebenzi ka-Essandoh washeshe wamyisa ezindaweni eziphakeme, njengoba adlala noWill Smith ngo-2006 “iHitch”. Kuyo yonke le nto yokuqopha izithombe eNew York, u-Essandoh ukhumbula izixuku ezinkulu ezazizungeze uSmith, kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi zamzungeza ngaphakathi kwezigcawu ukuze azibuke, athi zazizenzakalela ngenxa yomuntu odumile kaSmith u-aura.

Uma kukhulunywa ngokuphakama okungokoqobo, noma kunjalo, indaba yakhe ayithandayo kaSmith kusuka kusethi yayingeyona yonke indlela yokudlwengula abakwenzile phakathi kwezigcawu. Kwakungesikhathi ehleli noSmith etekisini.

"Sishayela ngomgwaqo uFifth Avenue noma into eyodwa efana naleyo," kusho u-Essandoh. “Futhi usuyazi vele, lowo nguWill Smith onamandla akhe ngakho ngikholwa wukuthi wenza le filimu, 'I Am Legend.' Singemuva kwekhumbi lapho sidubule khona esinye sezigcawu eziningi, ngemuva kwalokho sihleli lapho silungele ukuthi ikhumbi iphinde ikhuphuke ukuze sizothatha enye into eyodwa noma into eyodwa. Sivele simise ngaphansi kweposta [kaSmith] engamamitha angu-300 engxenyeni yokwakha. ”

“Bekufana nesithombe esikahle: I-cab iyagingqika futhi ngibona isithunzi futhi akasiboni ngenxa yokudlula kimi. Ngemuva kwalokho, ekuqhubekeni kwengxoxo, yena wavele wavela ngaphezu kwehlombe lakhe, wavela, waqaphela iphosta wavele waphindela engxoxweni. Ubheke ukuthi ikhetha ukuthi bekuvele kumjwayele. Futhi ngangivame ukufana, 'Kuhle lokho.' ”

Ukumangala kuka-Essandoh kwakhula njengoba eqala izindima zokuthinta ezisele futhi zilungile ngemuva kwe-movie. Kodwa-ke, kunzima kakhulu ukuhlelela yena, uyavuma, kwakungu- "Django Unchained."

"Ngenxa yesisindo somzwelo sokujabulela noma yimuphi umuntu owaziyo ukuthi uzokufa, unxusela impilo yakhe," kusho u-Essandoh. "Lokho bekungikhathaza ngokomzwelo futhi ngaphezu kwalokho ngithole ukuthi kuzofanele ngizame lokhu usuku lonke."

Umuzwa ojwayelekile

Kodwa-ke, ku-Essandoh, ukulungiselela yikhona okuzomenza ajabule ngazo zonke izikhundla. Okokugcina izinyanga ezimbalwa - njengoba umhlaba omningi uhlala ngokuvalelwa wedwa - umlingisi wajoyina wonke umuntu ekuzizweleni yedwa, ngemuva kokuqopha izigcawu zakhe ze “Away” ngoJanuwari. Okuxakayo ngukuthi isimilo sakhe, uKwesi, kufanele abhekane nalomuzwa wokuba nesizungu njengoba ethunyelwe kwaMars - umqondo osuguqukile waba yinto ejwayelekile yabantu abaningi ekukhunjweni.

"Ngikholwa wukuthi sonke senze umsebenzi ongenakuphikiswa," kusho u-Essandoh ngokulandelana kweziqephu eziyishumi "Kude." “Njengomlingisi, ngaso sonke isikhathi ubheka ukusebenza kwakho bese uthi, 'Hawu, kungenzeka ngikwenzile lokhu.' Manje senginedatha ethe xaxa. Ngakho-ke uma sithola enye isizini eyodwa futhi uma sonke sisinda kule sizini, kuningi engingakunikela kulesi sikhundla. ”

Lesi sikhathi sonyaka - sempilo ubuncane - besiphithizela kakhulu e-Essandoh. Ngenkathi edinga ukuthi uchithe isikhathi nomndeni wakhe eGhana, okwamanje usebenzisa isikhathi sakhe esengeziwe sokuphatha ama-podcast amabili ngokubambisana.

“Okungahlobene,” okuqoshwe kanye nomngani wakhe uChris Cecot, ahlangana naye sonke isikhathi sakhe eSchenectady, ulandela abesilisa aba-2 - uCecot abamhlophe kuthi u-Essandoh abe Mnyama - njengoba bekhuluma ngobuhlanga, ukuhlonza kanye nomhlaba. "Njengoba sizalelwe endaweni efanayo, besifisa ukwakha impilo yethu emibili futhi sizame ukukhuluma ngokuhlukahluka okuvelayo endaweni efanayo, ukuthi ngangithinteka kanjani ngaphambili, uma kuqhathaniswa nokuthi wathinteka kanjani," U-Essandoh ubaluliwe. 

Isethulo sakhe esihlukile, i- “Radio Zamunda,” siyamlandela nomunye umngani wakhe njengoba bengena kwezobuciko, emasikweni nasemculweni. Lo mbhangqwana uletha izivakashi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi omunye wabo uyazi, futhi uba nezingxoxo ezijulile nezingqondo ngokuthi lowo muntu utholile kanjani kuleyo ndawo njengamanje.

U-Esssandoh akazi kangako, ukuthi indaba yakhe ingayenza ibe yipodcast kahle. Yize ukuvezwa ngakunye kuvikela u-Essandoh ematasa, ubonga ukuthi iSchenectady noma kunjalo ingaba yingxenye yempilo yakhe kanye nomsebenzi wakhe ku "Okungahlobene" Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuthi abantu bendawo bayambamba noma cha, udinga ukuthi wazi ukuthi "ungowaseSchenectady owazalwa futhi wakhula."

“Kunomhlabathi ovundile wobuciko phezulu lapho, kulapho uzalwa khona. Kukhona ngaso sonke isikhathi izindaba ezimnandi lapho uya khona. Ngingomunye nje walezi zinkinga. ”