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Being the Change is the first episode in Masupatsela Series II. We learn about Bulelani Mvotho and Sam Faleni’s dream to establish a local cinema where they live.
Bulelani and Sam of Snapshot Media in Khayelitsha in Cape Town work hard to realise their dream. Not only do they recruit friends and other skilled people to [...]
TICKET TO THE TOP
The guys over at Coffee Beans Routes started a one to two minute story strand for Cape Town Tv called ‘My Cape Town’. Living and working in Cape Town, and a supporter of Cape Town Tv, I thought this was a brilliant idea. I decided to produce a ‘My Cape Town’ insert for the strand and contacted the Cable Station that looms mysteriously over the city to find a willing candidate to tell us what Cape Town means to him / her.
MBUYISELO WORKS ON MASUPATSELA II
Mbuyiselo Zotwa is the post production intern working on Masupatsela II. He is hard at work translating twelve of the twenty-two stories that were filmed in Xhosa. This experience has also been his first chance to work in television. To read Mbuyiselo’s thoughts on his job, please read the Masupatsela II blog.
Whereas Series I had animated characters introducing the stories to viewers, Masupatsela Series II has a presenter, Palesa Moeketsi. Palesa was the voice of Nono – one of the animated characters in Series I – and she sings the series theme song. Please read the blog about our first studio shoot on the Masupatsela 2 [...]