Going Up

Courtroom drama has always been crowd puller, as the big crime-and-punishment series such as Law and Order and The Practice have shown time and again. But when humour is stirred into the mix, which is what the all-time favourite Night Court set about doing, the results are hilarious. Going Up also does just that –

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Jozi H

Ancient customs and modern cutting edge medicine square up for a head-on collision in this enthralling 13 episode drama, set in Johannesburg’s world renowned trauma unit. Set in the new post-apartheid South Africa, an intense crucible of class struggles and cultural clashes, Jozi-H stands apart from any medical series ever produced. Filled with emotionally realistic

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Good Vibrations

A documentary that explores how different religious and spiritual traditions in South Africa use sound to connect with the Divine and suggests that there is a common vibrational sound that is our primordial link with God. It has been screened at New York’s God on Film Festival in July 2005, where it was nominated for

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Gauteng Maboneng

Gauteng Maboneng is a laugh-out-loud sitcom about the lovable car mechanic and wannabe rapper from Maff-town, Lebo (Mahlubi Kraai), who brings his aging Gogo (Linda Sebezo) and scheming best friend Solomon (Mandla Gaduka) with him when he moves to Gauteng and finds out his uncle has died and left him a fortune. The only catch

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Sulcha

The Sulcha project in Israel is a peace project where Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists etc converge to share their pain, their hopes and their journeys in a trouble torn environment. Beautifully captured, the shared stories reflect our shared humanity of peace and hope, in a world bent on destroying itself. An excellent exposition in the

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