{"id":13195,"date":"2021-10-12T16:01:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13195"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:01:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:01:37","slug":"riaad-moosa-is-back-in-new-material-at-cinemas-countrywide-26-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/10\/12\/riaad-moosa-is-back-in-new-material-at-cinemas-countrywide-26-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Riaad Moosa Is Back In New Material At Cinemas Countrywide 26 November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Africa\u2019s funniest doctor Riaad Moosa returns to the big screen in \u2018New Material\u2019. The sequel to the hugely popular, award-winning \u2018Material\u2019 (2012), opens in cinemas nationwide on 26 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of South Africa\u2019s most charming and best-loved comedians, Moosa was recently in the Netflix comedy special \u2018Life Begins\u2019, where he touches on turning 40, how spouses argue, local accents, negotiating with kids, and more. With a growing international audience, Moosa also has several one-man shows under his belt, including \u2018Strictly Halaal\u2019, \u2018For The Baracka\u2019 and \u2018Doctor\u2019s Orders\u2019, all instant hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He contracted Covid-19 at the end of 2020 and lost family members to the pandemic. But that has not stopped him. During these chaotic and stressful pandemic times, Moosa launched a weekly virtual comedy club called \u2018The Best Medicine\u2019, featuring comedians from all over the world, and aimed at creating opportunities to heal through humour, laughter and many weird and wonderful therapies. In typical Moosa fashion, one of his routines was titled \u2018I got Covid for the Holidays\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCovid forced us to move the release of \u2018New Material\u2019 to November, and we are delighted to finally be able to release the film in cinemas in time for the festive season,\u201d says Helen Kuun, MD of Indigenous Film Distribution. \u201cThe cast are at the top of the comedy game, and the team behind the film are among South Africa\u2019s best talent. What better way to see out the end of this challenging year than with some great laughs by our funniest comedians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Material also stars  Vincent Ebrahim, Denise Newman, Carishma Basday, Zakeeya Patel, Kurt Schoonraad and Shashi Naidoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film is directed by Craig Freimond (\u2018Material\u2019, \u2018Beyond the River\u2019), is produced by Robbie Thorpe (\u2018Material\u2019, \u2018Vaya\u2019) and edited by Megan Gill (\u2018Official Secrets\u2019, \u2018Eye in the Sky\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018New Material\u2019 is produced by Ochre Moving Pictures and Blu Blood Africa and is distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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