Man crafts a new genre of reality documentary film making for South African television, creating a contemporary series exploring 30-something’s, how they perceive themselves, their potential partners and subsequent interactions. This series aims to open closed doors and broaden perspectives in its pursuit of a candid look at Cape Town’s contemporary man. Each episode explores a different aspect of the male persona through a cast of four participants, with no previous television experience.
In a city where women outnumber men three to one, these four individuals test their audacity and awareness, through a series of dates, interviews and experiences. Our 4 characters give us an insight into why so many men in their 30’s are single. What influences Cape Town’s contemporary man? How does he interact, socialize, break the ice, mingle and pick-up? Through the characters, Man exposes the workings of Cape Town’s social mechanism.
Man is an unscripted reality-documentary; it cuts across race, religion, and culture. The insight it provides is controversial and dynamic, but most importantly, honest. The opinions expressed are uncensored, and the characters given carte blanche with their views and beliefs. The dates are a product of the characters resourcefulness and the unpredictable results give us a taste of what is quintessentially Man.
