BLOOD & EMPIRE :legacy of the streets
Story Outline - Crime Film
Prologue - Birth of a Rebel (PSJ, Eastern Cape)
Main Character: Sizwe "Zee" Mkhize (name can be changed).
Born in Port St. Johns (PSJ), a small coastal town in the Eastern Cape.
Raised by a single mother, his father was a local gangster who was killed when Zee was 5.
Learns survival early-hustling, stealing, and fighting by age 10.
At 16, he gets caught in a local turf war and kills his first man-forced to flee to Durban.
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The Streets Make a Man (Durban - Central, Umlazi, Scottburgh)
Age 17-20: Zee builds a name in Durban's underworld.
Joins a notorious car theft syndicate, hijacking luxury cars & selling parts.
Falls in love with Ayanda, a girl from Umlazi, who gets pregnant.
At 19, he becomes a father, but the streets keep calling.
At 21, he rises in the ranks, controlling drug trade, illegal gambling, and extortion.
Gains enemies-police and rival gangs start targeting him.
His closest friend betrays him, and his girlfriend gets killed in the crossfire.
He barely escapes death with his daughter in his arms.
With police and hitmen on his trail, he flees to Johannesburg.
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The Empire in Jozi (Pretoria & Midrand)
At 23, Zee lands in Johannesburg with his daughter.
Starts hustling in Midrand, working with Pretoria's big crime bosses.
Becomes a major player in fake IDs, stolen luxury cars, and underground boxing rings.
His daughter (now 4-5 years old) grows up witnessing his life.
He wants out of the game, but revenge from Durban follows him.
The same men who killed Ayanda track him down-a final war begins.
