The Easter long weekend is here and though it may not be happening in an ideal way with the lockdown, there is still much to do. So, sit down and binge on these local hit shows on Showmax.
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Here are 4 best local hits to stream this long weekend:
1. RAGE | Showmax Original. In Rage, a group of school-leavers descend on a tiny coastal town for a celebration of their freedom. Roxy, Sihle, Kyle, Leon, Tamsyn and Neo party on the beach and drink themselves silly every night. The townsfolk, Hermien and her son Albert, are welcoming – too welcoming. During a psychedelic trip on the beach, the friends witness a disturbing birth ritual, which could be a hallucination, or not. Soon fertility figurines start to appear at random places, and what is supposed to be the best holiday of their lives turns to horror as the teenagers are picked off one by one.
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2. Noughts + Crosses S1. Shot largely in Cape Town with Film Afrika, the series also stars Bonnie Mbuli. It is a controversial six-part BBC One series based on Malorie Blackman’s multi-award-winning novel.
3. A United Kingdom. The year before South Africa formalised Apartheid in 1948, King Seretse Khama (two-time Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo) of the neighbouring British protectorate of Bechuanaland married a British white woman, Ruth Williams (Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike). This upsets both their families, not to mention the governments of South Africa, South West Africa, Rhodesia and the United Kingdom, who try to declare Khama unfit to rule.
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4. ZOG| First on Showmax. Animated in Cape Town by Triggerfish and produced by the UK’s Magic Light Pictures, the 27-minute animated short follows Zog. He is the keenest but clumsiest pupil in his class at Dragon School, where he longs to win a gold star as he learns how to fly, roar and breathe fire. He keeps meeting a kindly young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises, but can she help him with his trickiest school assignment yet: capturing a princess?