Fashioning Modern Africanism

  DAM S2  | Showmax Original | Thursdays from 16 February 2023 Created by four-time SAFTA winner Alex Yazbek, the twisty and twisted Showmax Original psychological thriller  DAM  was one of the 10 most-watched titles of 2021 on Showmax and the most nominated drama series at the 2022 SAFTAs, earning rave reviews for breaking the mould of South African TV.  Season 2 is set three months after the Spring Festival. The cult’s ritual sacrifice seems to have worked: rain has come and transformed the land. Yola has no memory of anything since her return for her father’s funeral. Can she put the missing pieces together as diamonds are discovered, a mass grave uncovered and a monster surfaces in the dam? Lea Vivier and Pallance Dladla return in their SAFTA-nominated roles as Yola and Themba, with Natasha Loring reprising her SAFTA-winning role as Yola’s sister, Sienna. Made in partnership with Picture Tree, the Showmax Original also won Best Art Direction for Sue Steele at the 2022 SAFTAs SUPERW

On the opening day of The Joburg Film Festival, Showmax released an open commissioning brief to the African film industry calling for pitches for a slate of 10 live action films.  The African streamer has won the South African Film and Television Awards’ (SAFTAs) Made-for-TV Movie Award for two years in a row, first with  Loving Thokoza  and then with  Boxing Day , the first two feature films from Mandla N. In addition, another Showmax film, Kelsey Egan’s debut feature,  Glasshouse , was the most awarded feature film overall at the SAFTAs last year, with five Golden Horns. The new brief, in partnership with the Joburg Film Festival, is aimed at finding new talent and opening up the industry. The proposals must have a first draft screenplay and be set in contemporary Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa, with a first-time director attached who is a resident or citizen in those countries. All official Ghanaian, Kenyan, Nigerian and South African languages are welcome and the final films

Personally I'm not a fan of young adult content, be it TV shows or books. I just can't relate. Funny I'm a late bloomer but I've always been open-minded. I must admit, Sex lives of college girls is one of my favourite young adult television shows. I enjoy it for the good laughs, the characters are so funny and witty. For actress Reneé Rapp, starring in The Sex Lives of College Girls has been “like coming out all over again,” at least in the public’s perception, which, she says, “honestly, is fun in a lot of ways.” Now first on Showmax, Season 2 of the HBO Max comedy series has a 93% critics' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus says, “Bawdy and sweet as ever, The Sex Lives of College Girls continues to excel as a refreshing twist on youthful indiscretions.”  Created by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (Never Have I Ever, The Office) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Justin Noble, the 18SNL-rated comedy series follows four college roommates at the fi