Mr Table Tennis Documentary Airs Sunday 28 August 2016

Mr Table Tennis

Mr Table Tennis is a documentary film that tells the inter-generational story of Pedro and Cody Meyer. Their big dreams unfold against an ambiguous socio-economic climate that determines the choices they make in life and in table tennis.

Pedro Meyer was a brilliant table tennis player and a showman. Living under apartheid meant he was unable to test his game on the international stage. Today he has placed his dreams of world domination in his grandson, Cody.

Growing up in the New South Africa, Cody has been able to travel and compete internationally. He knows his family would like him to continue where his grandfather left off, but he is torn between pursuing his new passion, DJing, and table tennis, which is in his blood.

The film takes its audience on a fascinating journey through anti-apartheid sport history as the backdrop for Pedro’s story. Watch Mr Table Tennis and you will know more about table tennis than you ever expected to and develop a stronger understanding of the multidimensionality of South African struggles under apartheid.

Three years in the making, Mr Table Tennis, produced by Accidental Films and TV had its world premiere at the Encounters International Documentary Film Festival in 2016, where it was awarded the bronze Audience Award for Best South African Documentary at Encounters.

Tina-Louise Smith is the Producer-Director of Mr Table Tennis. Mr Table Tennis is owned by the SABC.
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