Keyword: filmmaking

Black Actors and Filmmakers Face Enormous Obstacles in South Africa

Picture: The cast of Generations. Image courtesy of Facebook.com/GenerationsTVShow Anna Majavu - The imminent screening of the new look Generations TV series, which has been off the air since its producer fired the cast last month, should sound an ominous knell for every Black creative in South Africa. The 16 fired actors held talks at the CCMA last week with MMSV, the production house owned by Mfundi Vundla who axed the actors after they went on strike for residual payments (which they should have been getting all along), and for three year contracts (which were promised to them by...