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‘The People Vs VBS’: Watch Trailer For Wild Story Of South African Bank That Collapsed Under The Weight Of Financial Scandal
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (333+ words) EXCLUSIVE: South Africa's biggest financial scandal is coming to TV. We've got a trailer of The People vs. VBS, a Showmax documentary series from IdeaCandy about the wild case of VBS Mutual Bank, which is still in the South Africa…...
‘Love Island’ Producer Lifted Restructures, Promotes Richard Cowles & Hires BBC Entertainment Exec
2+ week, 6+ day ago (201+ words) Love Island producer Lifted Entertainment has restructured and hired an entertainment commissioning editor from the BBC, along with making Richard Cowles CEO. The ITV Studios-owned indie has brought in two creative directors, Stranded on Honeymoon Island comm ed Chantal Boyle,…...
Next Narrative Africa Fund Partners With Parrot Analytics On First-Of-Its Kind African Entertainment Landscape Study
3+ week, 4+ day ago (503+ words) The Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF) has announced it is working with Parrot Analytics on a first-of-its-kind African entertainment landscape study ahead of deciding its inaugural grantees. Launched in late 2024, the Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF) is a $40 million commercial…...
‘Troublemaker’ Explores Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk To Freedom And His Life Lessons For Today – Sundance Studio
1+ mon, 14+ hour ago (212+ words) A reflective Nelson Mandela emerges in Troublemaker, the documentary about the late anti-Apartheid leader and first president of a new South Africa. It's based on the memoir Long Walk to Freedom that Mandela wrote while imprisoned by the white-dominated regime…...
Olive Nwosu On Navigating Busy Lagos Traffic To Shoot British-Nigerian Taxi Drama ‘Lady’ & Africa’s New Wave Of International Auteurs — Sundance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (735+ words) A lot is going on in the Nigerian film space right now," filmmaker Olive Nwosu tells me over Zoom on a crisp morning in Park City, Utah. There are a lot of filmmakers who are doing really cool, interesting work....
Pan-African E-Sports Drama Series ‘Respawn’ Switched On At Sonepa Studios, Nile Entertainment & GameEvo
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (227+ words) EXCLUSIVE: A pan-African drama series based around competition e-sports gaming in Cape Town and Lagos is in development. Sonepa Studios, a new production house based in Nigeria, is working on the nine-episode Respawn, with a plan to unite Nollywood with…...
Oscars: Coup-Hit Madagascar Sets First Oscar Entry With ‘Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story’
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (451+ words) Madagascar has submitted Luck Razanajaona's Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story to the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, as its first ever Oscar entry. News of the submission comes amid political turbulence in the Indian Ocean country,…...
African King: The Story Of ‘Shaka iLembe’ Reveals A History That’s Been “Underserved In Almost Every Way”
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (545+ words) At the beginning, I thought we were digging a deep hole for ourselves, as people feel so passionately about this character," says Angus Gibson, the director and co-creator of South Africa's biggest-ever production, Shaka iLembe. Gibson, Desire" Markgraaff and Teboho…...
New Documentary Uncovers Long Lost Work Of Remarkable Creole Composers Edmond Dédé And Basile Barès; Watch Trailer
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (232+ words) EXCLUSIVE: The work of two remarkable 19th century New Orleans composers " both Creole men of Color " is being rediscovered well over a hundred years after their passing. The new documentary What We Can Know About Edmond and Basile, directed by Sascha…...
‘Shaka Ilembe’, Landmark African Drama Series, Renewed For Third And Final Season
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (399+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Shaka iLembe's epic journey is coming to an end. We can reveal MultiChoice has renewed the landmark African drama series for a third and season, which is set to premiere in 2026. The BOMB! Productions series is MultiChoice's biggest and…...