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A writer famed for his biographies of geniuses turns his pen to cover the impetuous, vainglorious and obsessive CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X (nee Twitter) and NeuraLink. [more inside]
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul on Sep 20, 2023 - 6 comments

Documentary about young South African Afrikaans trans masc nonbinary person, Miles Kean Cilliers Robinson. [more inside]
posted by Zumbador on Aug 26, 2023 - 1 comment

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 7, 2023 - 7 comments

Cassim is a young Muslim man who works in his father's fabric shop in Johannesburg. However, Cassim wants to be a stand-up comedian, which his father disproves of. When he gets a gig at a local bar, he has to find a way of keeping... [more inside]
posted by Zumbador on Dec 25, 2022 - 0 comments

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
posted by PenDevil on Sep 13, 2020 - 10 comments

South African spy Queen Sono finds herself in a nefarious web of business and politics as she seeks to uncover the truth behind her mother's death. (Netflix's first African tv-series, 6 episodes) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Feb 29, 2020 - 8 comments

During the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen. [more inside]
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs on Apr 10, 2018 - 0 comments