Scribe shares moments as extra on Mma Ramotswe

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Mmegi reporter GASEBALWE SERETSE shares his experiences as an extra on the film set of The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency movie which premiered last Friday at the British Film Institute's Southbank's Auditorium in the United Kingdom.

My journey to taking part in The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency began one wintry morning in the month of July near Borakanelo Police Station at the bus station, from where ecstatic extras were ferried to a location in Mokolodi.

The movie, which is based on one of the books by the celebrated Scottish writer, Alexander McCall-Smith, caused a stir in the country last year when Hollywood filmmakers finally agreed to shoot it entirely in Botswana.

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