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Shaka
In the late 18th century, in the verdant land of the Nguni kingdoms of South East Africa, kings and queens, warriors and witches, spies, slavers, marauders and traders struggle for power....
Back of the Moon
28 July 1958. Badman, an intellectual and the leader of the most powerful gang in Sophiatown, lives life on his own terms in this crazy, cosmopolitan, half demolished ghetto on the edge of Johannesburg....
The Road
For the impressionable young students arriving at varsity in the heart of Joburg, an education holds the key to every success....
Love & Broken Bones
Breaking bones is hard. Finding love is harder. A lonely, ruthless debt collector with a penchant for jazz, falls in love with a vibrant, quirky wedding planner, who also happens to be his latest assignment....
Isithembiso
For the impressionable young students arriving at varsity in the heart of Joburg, an education holds the key to every success....
AYEYE!
Ayeye follows the trials and tribulations of three friends JK, Neo and Lebo who live together in downtown Johannesburg and work as creatives...
Think Big
Think Big follows 12 inspiring entrepreneurs as they get ready to grow their dream business. But are they ready? For these 12 small giants, financial independence is not enough....
Isibaya
The backdrop. A lucrative and dangerous taxi world. Two young lovers destined for each other, are torn apart by the bitter century long feud that rages between their families......
LilliesLeaf Museum
The Liliesleaf Museum is situated in a house in the suburb of Rivonia, Johannesburg. It was in this house that Nelson Mandela hid, posing as a worker......
Hector Pieterson Museum
The Hector Pieterson museum is situated at the site in Orlando, Soweto, where students protesting the then Nationalist government’s Afrikaans education policy......
Apartheid Museum
The Apartheid Museum bears witness to South Africa’s apartheid past and our triumphant transition to democracy. Bomb designed, produced and installed......
Freedom Square & Back of the Moon (1986)
Sophiatown was the closest place to the city centre of Johannesburg, occupied by black South Africans. It was home to writers, journalists, artists, politicians – the black......
La Toma (The Siege)
On the 6th November 1985 an event took place in downtown Bogota that changed the course of Colombian history. Thirty five members of the guerilla group, M -19......
Burning Man
On the 17th May Ernesto was attacked by a group of South Africans and burnt alive. His crime: being a foreigner. Director, Adze Ugah, journeys to Ernesto’s village in Mozambique......
7, 14, 21 & 28 – UP South Africa
In 1964 Granada Television’s Word in Action, decided to make a documentary about the British class system. Taking as their cue the Jesuit saying, Give me a child until he is seven and I will show......
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Amandla! tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played in the struggle against apartheid......
Soweto: A History
The story of a history. A culture. Community. People with a story to tell. This three part series is an intense journey from the birth of Soweto in the early part of this century......
Mandela (1997)
MANDELA is a candid, definitive portrait of one of the greatest leaders of our time. The film traces Mandela’s life from his childhood roots as Xhosa tribal royalty through rebellion......
Sekali le Meokgo
A reclusive stickfighter becomes enchanted with a mysterious figure of a beautiful woman in the cold mountains of the Magic Kingdom. However, to free her he must first vanquish an evil horseman......
Transit Café
Transit Café is a love story set in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. A man is sent in search of his brother’s widow and child. After swindling a woman and her young daughter out of their money......
Portrait of a Young Man Drowning
This film written and directed by Teboho Mahlatsi, explores a young man’s quest for redemption. He has defended his community to the point of spilling blood....
Hotel Kalifornia
Tso, an ex-boxer with an explosive temper, lives in an urban high-rise slum that is policed by a multinational security corporation. He is driven by a fierce will to ensure that his young brother...
In Desert & Wilderness – a feature film
This multi-million dollar feature film, produced with Polish partners, premiered in April 2002 and was directed by Gavin Hood....
Soul Buddyz
Soul Buddyz is South Africa’s premier children’s programme. It reaches more than 5 million 8-14 year olds and the adults who take care of them. It’s a programme children love......
Shuga
An edgy educational youth drama set in Nairobi. Shuga explores sexuality and relationships in a vivid and uncompromising way. It was a huge hit not only in Kenya but aired......
Jacobs Cross
An epic drama series about powerful oil magnates battling for Africa’s rich off-shore oil resources. Set in both South Africa and Nigeria, the story centers around businessman Jacob Makhubu Abayomi......
Zone 14
Zone 14 is different to the high end soaps of middle class bedrooms and boardrooms. It is rooted in real life and celebrates the lives of working class South Africans....
Yizo Yizo
SABC 1’s premier cult youth show. This gritty, uncompromising television drama series set in a township school achieved record-breaking audiences and cult status amongst South Africa’s Yizo Yizo......