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A passionate emerging talent Emanuel Pantora is the talk of the town
It was an ultimate matter of happiness to have a beautiful talk with the most passionate and emerging acting talent from South Sudan. Perfect spiritual motivation for youngsters and a must-listen success story. Let us take you to have an insight into the beautiful short session of conversation.
“Hi Emanuel Pantora, hope you doing well. Please tell us about your early life!”
Hi, I was born in South Sudan and then I moved to Egypt. After five years, I migrated to Canada with my family who had left a war country in search of peace when was south Sudan war happening. About my family members, I have like 14 siblings and my parents are Gai and Nyaluak and about my birth, I was born on March 3rd.”
“That’s great Emanuel Pantora, so tell us about your acting career. When did it start?”
Well, to be honest, I fell into acting by complete surprise when I was playing clash royal in my room and got bored. I got outside and decided to walk. I ended up entering an audition hall. It was a matter of complete surprise that I got the role.
“So it changed your life a lot, right?”
Yeah, that is right. When I got the role, I took it as a sign that this is what I was meant to do. It wasn’t easy at all. Things were not also going in my odds. Despite travelling city to city I never got the roles I heartily wanted. This got like a cycle and had me into a depression. It exactly was the time when I was about to pack it all but the modelling discovered me.
“Oh, that’s amazing, so how was your experience in modelling?”
Well, I did modelling for around a year. Still, despite feeling like it saved me, I felt that it was not somewhere I belonged for the long term. A passion for acting was still alive inside me. So I turned myself back into acting after modelling for a year and I never looked back there again.
“Emanuel we have heard that you struggled hard adjusting to various cultures due to immigration. How was that experience?”
If I tell you the truth, as an immigrant child, it was really hard to grow up in a place that makes you feel lost. It was a real struggle to adjust to different cultures. It was a hard phase for me to adjust to that huge culture shock. It gave a huge impact on my behaviour in practice. I ended up fighting at school and skipping classes. I started to isolate myself away from other kids my age. It eventually led me to experience and face more bullying and depression.
“So how did you get out of the trauma?”
I felt a cheerful moment when I was in 9th standard. I discovered that acting was the true path I always wanted to pursue. I would go out at times when I was 11. I sneaked out of my house at midnight and enjoy gazing at stars in the sky. I would lay down in the playground and dream. I would wish upon the stars to become famous and be successful someday. I would wish to make my family feel proud.
’That is so heartwarming. Emanuel Pantora, how would you like to make others keep with the true path?’’
I believe that everyone’s dreams come true and prove that we all can accomplish anything, even at a time when all odds are against you as long as you keep pushing forward.
“We had a lovely conversation with you Emanuel, what would you like to say at the end? What motivated you the most?”
I would say that honestly I would not have made it this far or found my place without the kindness of everyone I’ve met along my journey. The world is filled with many colours and I cannot wait at all to meet every one of you that life brings my way.
Website: Emanuel Pantora
Kenneth is a proud native of sydney, born and raised there. However, he pursued his education abroad and studied in Australia. Kenneth has worked as a journalist for almost a decade, making valuable contributions to prominent publications such as Yahoo News and The Verge. Currently, he serves as a journalist for The Hear Up, where he focuses on covering climate and science news. You can reach Kenneth at bloggerjohnsmith12@gmail.com.