{"id":10122,"date":"2020-04-30T15:51:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=10122"},"modified":"2020-04-30T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:51:39","slug":"netflix-announces-jiva-as-its-next-african-original-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/04\/30\/netflix-announces-jiva-as-its-next-african-original-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Announces Jiva! As Its Next African Original Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NetflixLogo.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8777\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 truly is the year for the African entertainment industry, as Netflix announces that its next African original series is in production. JIVA! will be a local African production, from script to screen, and will showcase an all-African cast and crew.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some fast facts about what you can expect from Africa\u2019s next original;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What does JIVA! mean? | Netflix\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NHnFub6XfGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>JIVA! is a fun and energy-packed drama series that follows the life of the talented street dancer Ntombi, who while juggling the demands of a dead end job, family responsibility and a rocky love life realises that her dance moves could be her ticket out of her working class neighbourhood in Durban. But first, she must overcome her fears, beat her rivals and sort out the chaos that is her family.<\/li><li>Busisiwe Ntintili, of The Ntintili Factory, is the Creator and Showrunner of JIVA! She is an award winning writer, director and producer with 20 years of television and film under her belt, including South Africa\u2019s highest rated television shows, the Peabody Award Winning drama series \u201cIntersexions\u201d and the box office hit movie \u201cHappiness is a Four Letter Word\u201d.<\/li><li>Scottnes L. Smith (<em>Hear Me Move, There&#8217;s A Bluebird In My Heart, Long Street<\/em>), award winning Director Mandla Dube <em>(Kalushi)<\/em> and award winning Director Mmambatho Montsho <em>(Emoyeni, Lockdown)<\/em> will join the directing team of the series.\u00a0<\/li><li>The series stars a dynamic all-local cast, including break out star, Noxolo Dlamini (<em>Sarafina Stage Production, Isibaya<\/em>) playing the lead, Candice Modiselle<em> (Generations; The Legacy)<\/em>, Sne Mbatha <em>(So You Think You Can Dance)<\/em>, Stella Dlangalala <em>(Funny People Africa)<\/em>, Zazi Kunene<em> (Pinky Pinky<\/em>), Anga Makubalo<em> (Generations)<\/em>, Given Stuurman (Shuga<em>)<\/em>, Ntuthuzelo Grootboom (PE\u2019s Finest Dance Crew)<em>,<\/em> Zamani Mbatha (<em>Isithembiso<\/em>) and veteran actor Tony Kgoroge <em>(Invictus, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)<\/em>, who will be joined by other well-known local talent.<\/li><li>Bontle Modiselle, dancer, actor and radio personality and Tom London, founder of South Africa\u2019s top dance crew Soweto\u2019s Finest, join the creative team as choreographers for the series.<\/li><li>JIVA! will be produced by Cape Town based production team Blue Ice Africa with Busisiwe Ntintili, Adam Friedlander and Tebogo Maila as Executive Producers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/jiva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.netflix.com\/jiva<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 truly is the year for the African entertainment industry, as Netflix announces that its next African original series is in production. JIVA! will be a local African production, from script to screen, and will showcase an all-African cast and crew.&nbsp; Below are some fast facts about what you can expect from Africa\u2019s next original;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/04\/30\/netflix-announces-jiva-as-its-next-african-original-series\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netflix Announces Jiva! As Its Next African Original Series<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-10122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-netflix","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}