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First Totem Problems

Sheba expects her digital totem ceremony to mark her passage into adulthood, but family conflict sends her into the ancestral realm instead. Navigating its bureaucracy and old family disagreements becomes the key to returning home.

Credits & connections

  • Director: Tshepo Moche Officially verifiedSourcelumiere-a.akamaihd.netlumiere-a.akamaihd.net — Reference: v1/documents/kizazi_moto_leadsheet_9b1955fd.pdflumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/kizazi_moto_leadsheet_9b1955fd.pdf · New tab

Parent production: Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire

Source credits: Tshepo Moche (South Africa)

Setting and cultural context

A South African-directed speculative story where digital identity, family inheritance and the ancestral plane converge.

Where to watch

Disney+

Viewing option: Disney+

Availability details

Subscription · Unknown / not checked ·

Needs territory check · Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire / First Totem Problems (individual short; series-level catalogue URL)

Disney press page verifies this individual short. Disney+ URL is a Greek-localized (en-gr) anthology catalogue listing, not a Ghana playback check or individual-episode deep link. Account-level territorial playback remains unverified.

Source checked: 2026-10-14

Explore the connections

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire · Anthology collection