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The Daily Vox Skemerdans is a neo-noir murder mystery set on the Cape flats, set for release on Thursday, 28th of April. It is set at the Oasis jazz club and follows a struggling businessman Glenn Fortune, his family and various cohorts. Skemerdans’s literal translation is dusk dance; as you watch you will see how this plays out.  I went into the first episode apprehensively. I was expecting a stereotypical depiction of the cape flats and gangsterism; with some styling and bet...

Goalpost, Quizzical Team Up for Australian-South African Crime Series Detective Cooper (EXCLUSIVE) Christopher Vourlias, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Australia’s Goalpost Pictures and South Africa’s Quizzical Pictures are teaming up on the crime series “Detective Cooper” for South African broadcaster M-Net, marking the first TV co-production between the two countries. The series will be adapted from the book “A Beautiful Place to Die,” part of the multi-award-winning Detective ...

Nomawonga Khumalos short film, Five Tiger selected for 2021 Sundance Film Fest Five Tiger, the short film debut of South African writer/director Nomawonga Khumalo has been selected to play in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Set in present day South Africa, Five Tiger tells the story of Fiona, a god-fearing woman, who finds herself in a transactional relationship with the leader of her church as she tries to support her sick husband and daughter. An intersectional approach to exploring femini...