Musician Jerome Adams returns home to Cape Town for his father's funeral. There he learns his dad left him the Bo-Kaap community's beloved Goema Club, as well as leadership of The Umbrella Men minstrel troupe. His father also left a substantial debt with a bank overdraft soon coming due, threatening the Club with repossession. Aided by friends and family, Jerome plots a bank heist using the annual carnival parade as cover. thousands of spectators and costumed minstrel troupes invading the streets presents a unique opportunity to pull off the caper. The Umbrella Men is a fresh take on a classic film genre, offering look at the traditions of Cape Town's Bo-Kaap community in a fresh, modern movie.
The Umbrella Men
A ragtag bunch of musicians are forced to rob a bank during the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival in the hope they will save their iconic, but in-debt nightclub in the Bo Kaap.
