Ancient customs and modern cutting edge
medicine square up for a head-on collision in this enthralling
new 13 episode drama, set in Johannesburg's
world renowned trauma department.
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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 stories of suffering and
hope - our common bond - the series manages
to touch us all.
JOZI-H's reputation
for trauma work is legendary. Overseas professionals
are prepared to pay their pound of flesh for the privilege
of training here. However, JOZI-H also
exists within another reality, where a day-to-day lack
of funds, beds and medical supplies forces doctors
and nurses to play God and decide: who will we
treat and who will we turn away?
JOZI-H takes place on a frontier,
where modern western medicine meets traditional African
healing; where ground-breaking HIV/AIDS research leads
the way in search of a cure; where diseases no longer
found in the first world remain a deadly challenge;
and the volume of violent crime forces interns to become
world experts on trauma in weeks, rather than years.
Several
of JOZI-H's key characters,
originally from Canada, the U.S. and Britain, are on
their own personal “tour of duty”, struggling
to deal with the challenges of life, love and medicine
against an intense, ever-changing landscape. These
foreign surgeons, along with a local mix of doctors
and nurses, band together to form a dedicated, overworked,
underpaid team of health care workers. Although each
of them may appear different, inside and out, they
are united in their effort to heal
all those who enter JOZI-H.
Motshabi
Tyelele is the voice of Gogo,
Pula and GG
David Sherwood is the
voice of Mr Zee
Krijay Govender is the
voice of Navitha
Nomonde Mbusi is the
voice of Leopard and Tortoise
Judy Ditchfield is the
voice of Hare and Baboon
Magic Cellar is Africa's first 3D animation production. The shorts
are designed to give African children an understanding of their own culture.
The shorts mark the first time South Africa's children will see and hear
themselves reflected in an animated series. The shorts are
based on African folktales, collected in part from interviews conducted
with elders in villages across South Africa.
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More Magic Cellar first aired on SABC 2 in March 2006. The series has
since been dubbed into three other languages – Afrikaans, Zulu
and Sotho. These episodes have been running back to back in various timeslots
on SABC 2.
Magic Cellar has won 29 international awards since 2006. These
include: Platinum Remi at the Worldfest in Houston, 2 New York Festival
awards, a Cine Golden Eagle and 2 Telly awards.
The series has also been
sold to a JCC children’s channel in Qatar,
where it was dubbed into Arabic, as well as to HBO Family for broadcast
in the United States.
Morula
Pictures are currently in production with the next 32 Episodes.
In its 14th year of existence as South Africa's longest-running
television drama series, Generations can proudly claim to have not
only survived political and social changes during this exciting period,
but also to have evolved in tandem with our nation from the birth of
its democracy in 1994 to the present time.
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At the ‘ten-year watershed'
of democracy, Generations complied with broadcast channel SABC 1's
decision to reposition its own brand identity to target a younger market.
In late 2003, Generations repositioned in terms of writing, production,
management and artists. Old storylines were interrogated, revisited
and adapted where necessary, new storylines were created, and new talent
was identified in all aspects of production.
Generations took this opportunity
to redirect its appeal to a younger “Ya
mampela” audience, without ignoring the loyal fan base that has
followed the storyline faithfully over the years.
The story universe
has shifted from an advertising backdrop to that of a broader media
empire.
Generations is the brainchild of Mfundi Michael Scott Vundla.
Mfundi spent several years in exile in the USA where he studied scriptwriting
as well as film production in Hollywood. On his return to South Africa
in 1993, Generations was commissioned by CCV-TV, the fore-runner of
SABC1.
Back then Mfundi used to hang around his brother and his colleagues,
who established the first black advertising agency. Later, he joined
forces with well-known independent director/producer Friedrich Stark
, and the series was created through their mutual design.
Well-told
rivalry, treachery and blackmail are the ingredients that have made
Generations one of the most forceful dramas South Africa has ever produced.
Suspense, intrigue and tension are the order of the day as the plot
unfolds and romance influences relationships between warring parties
from rival companies.
In 1993 Generations started with a weekly dose, on Friday nights at
9:10pm. From April 1998 it was screened four nights a week, and since
April 2002 the series has been broadcast Mondays to Fridays at 8:00pm,
realising one of Mfundi's long-held hopes that " Generations will
be aired daily".
On the 31st of March 2006, the series broadcast
its 2000th episode, and in 2004 it celebrated its 10th year of broadcast,
together with the country's 10th year of democracy.
2004 is also the
year in which the series repositioned itself in order to stand the
test of time for another decade.
Generations endeavours to continue
providing its fans with top local entertainment.
Backstage is a vibrant youth drama where we are introduced to a host of talented
young students who attend the Vulindlela College, a school for the performing arts, in downtown Johannesburg.
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The college is filled with aspiring artists, who will do anything, including
plot, backstab and scheme, in order to achieve their moment in the limelight.
The head of the college is Ipeleng Theledi who runs the college with a firm but
fair hand. The lecturers who assist her are Katlego Rathebe, Naomi Singh, Sebastian
Young, Charmaine Jacobs and Keketso Chaka.
Besides the College, there are various hang out spots like Katlego’s coffee
shop and off course the popular bar, Emanzini owned by the evil Zinzi Mzamo in
partnership with cool dude, Chippa Mhlati.
Follow the trials and tribulations of this bunch of performers as they strive
to become the best in the tough world of show business in the arts of dancing,
singing, film making, etc while they tackle the day to day dramas of love, passion
and betrayal.
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