{"id":2141,"date":"2016-08-19T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T15:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2016-08-19T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T15:21:17","slug":"mr-table-tennis-documentary-airs-sunday-28-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/mr-table-tennis-documentary-airs-sunday-28-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Table Tennis Documentary Airs Sunday 28 August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MrTableTennis.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MrTableTennis.jpg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"Mr Table Tennis\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MrTableTennis.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MrTableTennis.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr Table Tennis is a documentary film that tells the inter-generational story of Pedro\u00a0and Cody Meyer. Their big dreams unfold against an ambiguous socio-economic\u00a0climate that determines the choices they make in life and in table tennis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Pedro Meyer was a brilliant table tennis player and a showman. Living under apartheid\u00a0meant he was unable to test his game on the international stage. Today he has placed\u00a0his dreams of world domination in his grandson, Cody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Growing up in the New South Africa, Cody has been able to travel and compete\u00a0internationally. He knows his family would like him to continue where his grandfather\u00a0left off, but he is torn between pursuing his new passion, DJing, and table tennis, which\u00a0is in his blood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The film takes its audience on a fascinating journey through anti-apartheid sport history as\u00a0the backdrop for Pedro\u2019s story. Watch Mr Table Tennis and you will know more about table\u00a0tennis than you ever expected to and develop a stronger understanding of the multidimensionality\u00a0of South African struggles under apartheid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Three years in the making, Mr Table Tennis, produced by Accidental Films and TV had its\u00a0world premiere at the Encounters International Documentary Film Festival in 2016, where it\u00a0was awarded the bronze Audience Award for Best South African Documentary at\u00a0Encounters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Tina-Louise Smith is the Producer-Director of Mr Table Tennis.\u00a0Mr Table Tennis is owned by the SABC.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/accidentalfilms.co.za\/mr-table-tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\">accidentalfilms.co.za\/mr-table-tennis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Table Tennis is a documentary film that tells the inter-generational story of Pedro\u00a0and Cody Meyer. Their big dreams unfold against an ambiguous socio-economic\u00a0climate 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\u00a0meant he was unable to test&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/mr-table-tennis-documentary-airs-sunday-28-august-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mr Table Tennis Documentary Airs Sunday 28 August 2016<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","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=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}