{"id":18935,"date":"2023-07-05T08:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T06:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=18935"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T06:04:39","slug":"eight-documentaries-to-stream-now-on-showmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/eight-documentaries-to-stream-now-on-showmax\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Documentaries To Stream Now on Showmax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>From 100 Foot Wave S2 to Love, Lizzo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival may have ended this weekend, but that doesn\u2019t mean you have to stop devouring documentaries for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2023 is turning into a bumper year for African documentaries on Showmax, from inspirational, award-winning true stories like <em>Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story<\/em> and <em>Blind Ambition<\/em>, to true-crime heart-breakers like <em>Girl, Taken <\/em>and<em> Stella Murders<\/em>,<em> <\/em>to jaw-dropping, so-crazy-it-must-be-true stories like <em>Rosemary\u2019s Hitlist<\/em>. While we\u2019re delighted local stories are taking centre stage, the world is a big, big place, so here are the best international documentaries to stream on Showmax right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"100 Foot Wave Season 2 | Official Trailer | HBO\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YqQDWH0NV7g?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<p><strong>100 FOOT WAVE S1-2<\/strong> | First on Showmax | Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big-wave surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara, his surfing peers, and some surprising newcomers continue to push the boundaries of their sport and the limits of their minds and bodies in Season 2 of the HBO documentary series <em>100 Foot Wave<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Season 1 won Outstanding Cinematography at the 2022 Emmys, where it was also up for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. It also won a Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Sports Program and was nominated for a Cinema Eye Honours Award for its cinematography.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series has a 100% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, with<em> LA Weekly<\/em> calling the series \u201ca wild ride\u2026 both maddening and captivating to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I found my voice | Love, Lizzo | Coming soon to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l0kAFrZbmAY?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<p><strong>LOVE, LIZZO <\/strong>| Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen up, Lizzbians! The HBO documentary film <em>Love, Lizzo<\/em> is the story of a trailblazing superstar and body-positive icon who has become the movement the world desperately needed, just by being herself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Named <em>Time Magazine<\/em>\u2019s Entertainer of the Year in 2019, Lizzo has now won four Grammys, including the coveted 2023 Record of the Year. She also has an Emmy (for her reality show, <em>Watch Out For The Big Grrrls<\/em>), a BET Award and a People\u2019s Choice Award to her name, along with 13 million followers on Instagram and over 26 million on TikTok, with more than a billion likes, making her 2022\u2019s Most Viewed Artist on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Grammy winner and Emmy nominee Doug Pray (<em>The Defiant Ones<\/em>), <em>Love, Lizzo <\/em>was up for Best Music Documentary at the 2023 MTV Movie + TV Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DzaHYHfrfIg\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WOMEN WHO ROCK S1<\/strong> | Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Women Who Rock<\/em> is a four-part docuseries that pays homage to the legion of female pioneers in music who have stormed the stage, wielded their instruments, amplified their voices, and sung the soundtrack of our lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series celebrates female artists and their stories of fame, power, truth, defiance, and hard-won success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for the 2023 Cinema Eye Honors Awards for Outstanding Anthology Series, <em>Women Who Rock<\/em> features the likes of Shania Twain, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Chaka Khan, Janis Joplin, Annie Clark (aka St Vincent), Macy Gray, Nancy Wilson, Tori Amos, and Mavis Staples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It\u2019s all for you! | Janet Jackson | Coming soon to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LEJgBfXvHcs?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<p><strong>JANET JACKSON.<\/strong> | Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the five decades since she first stepped on stage, Janet Jackson has won five Grammys and sold over 100 million records, but she\u2019s also experienced incredible tragedy and endured a tumultuous private life in the face of extraordinary public scrutiny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the four-part documentary series<em> Janet Jackson.<\/em>, the iconic pop star lifts the lid on her private life for the first time, speaking candidly&nbsp;about growing up in the spotlight as a member of one of the biggest musical families of all time and, of course, about her brother Michael. Filmed over five years, the docuseries also features archival footage, never-before-seen home videos and interviews with the likes of Mariah Carey, Samuel L Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King, Debbie Allen, Janelle Mon\u00e1e and Tyler Perry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by Janet and her brother Randy Jackson, <em>Janet Jackson. <\/em>was nominated for a Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary, a Hollywood Critics Association Award, and an MTV Movie + TV Award for Best Music Documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Subjects of Desire (2021) Official Trailer\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3VPvBmkIA-g?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<p><strong>SUBJECTS OF DESIRE<\/strong> | Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for a 2023 Writers Guild of Canada award, <em>Subjects of Desire<\/em> is a timely documentary film that examines the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black female aesthetics and features.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A top 10 audience favourite at HotDocs, <em>Subjects of Desire<\/em> is told from the point of view of women who aren\u2019t afraid to challenge conventional beauty standards, featuring the likes of four-time Grammy winner India Arie; Canada&#8217;s Queen of R&amp;B, Jully Black; and former Miss Black America winners including activist Brittany Lee Lewis and tech entrepreneur Ryann Richardson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Subjects of Desire<\/em> has a 100% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, with <em>RogerEbert.com<\/em> saying it\u2019s \u201can eye-opening and powerful analysis of the history of beauty with regards to Black women,\u201d and <em>Variety <\/em>calling it, \u201cAn invigorating opportunity to showcase Black women negotiating their own terms of engagement with the beauty ideal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JULIA | Official Trailer (2021)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aon49topYHo?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<p><strong>JULIA<\/strong> | Stream now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Julia<\/em> tells the story of Julia Child, the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the documentary film traces Child&#8217;s surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary <em>Mastering the Art of French Cooking <\/em>(1961), which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to finding her calling as an unlikely television sensation in her 50s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for two Critics&#8217; Choice Documentary Awards, <em>Julia<\/em> has a 96% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, where the critics\u2019 consensus says: \u201cBefitting the culinary aesthetic favoured by the brilliant chef it honours,<em> Julia<\/em> uses fresh, simple ingredients to create a sumptuous documentary feast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Julia<\/em> is directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West (the Oscar-nominated <em>RBG<\/em> Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Try to keep up | Kingdom of Dreams | Coming to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/voQmJizzMR4?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<p><strong>KINGDOM OF DREAMS<\/strong> | Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Emmy-winning and BAFTA-nominated filmmakers behind <em>McQueen<\/em> and <em>Rising Phoenix<\/em>, <em>Kingdom of Dream <\/em>follows the meteoric rise of designers John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford as luxury emperors Bernard Arnault (LVMH), Francois Pinault (Gucci Group) and Anna Wintour (US Vogue) reshape the fashion world, conquering its four great kingdoms \u2013 Paris, Milan, London and New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGround-breaking creativity and high-stakes business come together,\u201d says <em>Mail on Sunday<\/em>, in what <em>Radio Times<\/em> calls, \u201cA great story, lavishly illustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Won&#039;t you say you love me too? | I love you, you hate me | Coming soon to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YyiHrqtO6eg?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<p><strong>I LOVE YOU, YOU HATE ME<\/strong> | First on Showmax | Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I Love You, You Hate Me<\/em> is a two-part documentary series chronicling the rise and fall of Barney the Dinosaur\u2019s furious backlash \u2014 and what it says about the human need to hate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Barney-bashing to frat parties to homicidal video games, something in American society broke into a million pieces, and it\u2019s never been put together again\u2026 or is this just who Americans were all along?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>CNN<\/em> says: \u201cAside from planting that song in everyone\u2019s head (again),<em> I Love You, You Hate M<\/em>e is an amusing look back at the <em>Barney &amp; Friends<\/em> phenomenon, and the over-the-top torrents of hostility the PBS children\u2019s show elicited.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 100 Foot Wave S2 to Love, Lizzo Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival may have ended this weekend, but that doesn\u2019t mean you have to stop devouring documentaries for the rest of the year. 2023 is turning into a bumper year for African documentaries on Showmax, from inspirational, award-winning true stories like Rise:&hellip; 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