{"id":6512,"date":"2018-04-19T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6512"},"modified":"2018-04-19T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:20:06","slug":"10-of-the-best-local-hits-to-stream-on-showmax-this-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/04\/19\/10-of-the-best-local-hits-to-stream-on-showmax-this-april\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Of The Best Local Hits To Stream On Showmax This April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3061\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?resize=400%2C71\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"71\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a diverse range of local and lekker South African content coming to Showmax this April, from hit rom-coms (Happiness Is A Four-Letter Word) to SAFTA-winning dance films (Hear Me Move); top stand-up comedians like Jason Goliath and Joey Rasdien to hard-hitting documentaries about lions being bred to be killed (Blood Lions). Here are ten of the best, plus a bonus link to the laugh-out-loud The Making Of Tali\u2019s Wedding Diary.<\/p>\n<h4>STREAM NOW:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Happiness Is A Four-Letter Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this number one box office hit, Mmabatho Montsho, Khanyi Mbau and Renate Stuurman play three friends trying to find love, happiness and success. It\u2019s based on Cynthia Jele\u2019s breakthrough novel, which was described as Sex and the City: Sandton and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writer\u2019s Prize for Best First Book: Africa and the M-Net Literary Prize. Thabang Moleya\u2019s film adaptation took home the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Lance Gewer\u2019s cinematography; was nominated for an Africa Movie Academy Award for Best First Film; and was up for two SAFTAs: Best Supporting Actress (Stuurman) and Best Make-Up and Hair (Diane Allen).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Happiness is a Four Letter Word | Trailer | Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/teS_BiLulVs?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><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hear Me Move<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This local sbujwa dance movie follows Muzi, the son of a pantsula dancer, searching for the truth behind his father\u2019s death\u2026 and finding so much more. It won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Editing (CA Van Aswegen), from five nominations, and a SAFTA for Best Sound Design (Basiami Segola), from three nominations. Trailer: https:\/\/youtu.be\/xM9mLW7lv2c<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Goliath Live at Lyric Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three-time Comics Choice nominee Jason Goliath brings his unique sense of humour and unbridled energy to the stage in this comedy special, filmed at the Lyric Theatre in 2017. Joey Rasdien\u2019s Lyric Theatre performance is also now on Showmax.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Living the Dream with Somizi S1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The extended, uncensored and uncut version of the Comedy Central Roast of Somizi will reach Showmax on 8 May 2018. In the meantime, you can indulge in Somgaga\u2019s reality TV show, getting an inside look at the highs and lows of his fast-paced and flamboyant celebrity lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Planet Earth S2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Filmed 10 years on from the original, Planet Earth II is an immersive exploration of the jungles, mountains, deserts, islands, grasslands and cities of the world. IMDB&#8217;s top ranked TV series, Planet Earth II won Emmys for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series and Cinematography, among other prizes. A number of sequences were shot across Africa, including this epic scene of a Great White Shark breaching and taking down a Cape Fur Seal:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great White Shark Attack and Breach | Planet Earth | BBC Earth\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qzxy3GtSzt0?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><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week S2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The toughest show is back. This time contestants must survive the training of Poland\u2019s GROM, the US Green Berets and SA\u2019s Recces, who ambush them fresh off the plane en route to base camp and put them through 48 hours of misery in the South African bush, where drinking the stomach contents of a freshly-killed springbok is just a starter<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week | Series 2 Trailer - BBC Two\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97MzlEn0cnw?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><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vallei van Sluiers S4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vallei van Sluiers is the story of three fruit-farming families in Ceres. The Afrikaans drama was nominated for SAFTAs for Marc Degenaar\u2019s cinematography, Stef Albertyn\u2019s sound design and the script by Johan van Jaarsveld and Louis Pretorius.<\/p>\n<h4>COMING SOON:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Impunity (due 23 April 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starring Alex McGregor (Blood Drive, Spud) and Bjorn Steinbach (Generation KIll) as young lovers on a murderous rampage, Jyoti Mistry\u2019s Impunity was inevitably compared to Natural Born Killers by The Hollywood Reporter after its world premiere at Toronto, where the festival called it \u201can eye-opening jolt, casting an unwavering gaze on South Africa\u2019s increasingly troubling surrender to the banality of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMPUNITY Trailer | Festival 2014\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xg0UZO1gVjY?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><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blood Lions (due 23 April 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every single day in South Africa at least two to three captive bred or tame lions are being killed in canned hunts; hundreds more are slaughtered annually for the lion bone trade. Environmental journalist Ian Michler takes a hard-hitting look into the reality of the highly lucrative farming of lions \u2013 bred to be killed. Named Best Documentary at the International Environment Film Festival (FICMA) in Barcelona and winner of the Genesis Award from the Humane Society in the USA, Blood Lions is a compelling call to action to have these practices stopped.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLOOD LIONS\u00ae OFFICIAL TRAILER  | Award winning feature documentary\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-T86GCjCpus?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><\/p>\n<p><strong>Once Upon A Road Trip (due 26 April 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sean&#8217;s death leaves behind a twin brother, a lover and a good friend. His last will and testament insists that the three get together on a road trip to plant a cross where he died \u00a0&#8211; and also to try and get along. Directed by David Moore (Going Nowhere Slowly) and starring Tobie Cronje, Louw Venter and Graham Weir, Once Upon A Road Trip was nominated for four Africa Movie Academy Awards and won Best Make-Up.<\/p>\n<h4>BONUS FEATURE:<\/h4>\n<p>Sketchbook Studios, who recently won their first SAFTA for SuzelleDIY, has just released The Making of Tali\u2019s Wedding Diary, a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the making of the debut Showmax Original. Dare we call it a mockumentary on a mockumentary or is that too meta? Regardless, it\u2019ll have you in hysterics, from the early test footage of Tali as a brunette to Kate Normington\u2019s early read-throughs to Ari Kruger directing GoPro sequences from the boot of his car<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The making of Tali&#039;s Wedding Diary\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IEwhG3Fvf0o?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><\/p>\n<p>Check out everything coming to Showmax:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.showmax.com\/everything-coming-to-showmax-sa-in-april\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog.showmax.com\/everything-coming-to-showmax-sa-in-april<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a diverse range of local and lekker South African content coming to Showmax this April, from hit rom-coms (Happiness Is A Four-Letter Word) to SAFTA-winning dance films (Hear Me Move); top stand-up comedians like Jason Goliath and Joey Rasdien to hard-hitting documentaries about lions being bred to be killed (Blood Lions). Here are ten&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/04\/19\/10-of-the-best-local-hits-to-stream-on-showmax-this-april\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Of The Best Local Hits To Stream On Showmax This April<\/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":[110],"class_list":["post-6512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6512","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=6512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}