Fashioning Modern Africanism

  Minx S2 and Fifteen-Love are now streaming on Showmax MINX S2 | First on Showmax | New episodes on Mondays   Set in 1970s Los Angeles,  Minx  follows Joyce, an earnest young feminist (Ophelia Lovibond from  Feel Good, Elementary  and  This England ) who joins forces with low-rent publisher Doug (Critics’ Choice nominee Jake Johnson from  New Girl ) to create the first erotic magazine for women.    Season 2 picks up as Doug and Joyce sell Bottom Dollar to a retired shipping magnate and  Minx  becomes a commercial success. Under new leadership, Doug struggles to maintain his control within Bottom Dollar while Joyce loses sight of her core beliefs as she rises to stardom. As our Bottom Dollar misfits go mainstream, they start to question who they’re becoming and what they really want from this newfound success.   With five-time Emmy nominee Paul Feig ( Bridesmaids ,  The Office ,  Love Life ) among its exec producers, Season 1 was nominated for Best Comedy and Best Actress in a Comedy (

When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, on the night he won his first Academy Award, as Best Actor for  King Richard , people joked online that this was not the first time Smith had “got in one little fight” and that next he’d be moving in with his auntie and uncle in Bel-Air - a reference to the setup of the iconic 90s sitcom  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air . Based on Smith’s own life, this was the show that first made him a mega-star.  Bel-Air , now available to binge on Showmax, reimagines the Emmy-nominated sitcom, and Smith’s journey from the hard streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air - ‘flipped-turned upside down’ as a drama, not a comedy.  Rotten Tomatoes  listed  B el-Air  among their Most Anticipated Shows of 2022, with  LA Times  saying “ Bel-Air  brilliantly reimagines a comedy classic” and  Empire Magazine  hailing the series as “a bold reimagining that maintains the essence of the original show while exploring important social themes from an