New On SABC2 In July, 2008

Written by TVSA Team from the blog SABC2 on 02 Jul 2008
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New on SABC2 in July, 2008:

La Familia 2
Premiere date: Wednesday, 9 July 2008 at 18h00

La Familia returns for a second season. Meaning “family” in Spanish, the show explores the notion of family and how it is celebrated in South Africa.

This new 13-part season is still presented by Shandukani Nesengani.

Armed with a healthy appetite and his clan’s praise poem, Shandukani continues his journey around Limpopo and Gauteng exploring the notion of family in a changing country.

Shandu - as he is popularly known - is no stranger to entertainment. He cut his teeth in television when he was 18. He has worked as a news cameraman and producer. As a director he worked on the Pure Monate Show when it was first produced. Other shows he's directed include: Take5, Molato ke eng, Azisheke, Roots among others. He is passionate about his Venda culture.

Using special occasions like birthdays, weddings, funerals, La Familia asks why family is important, and what it means. It explores modern family relations, in particular looking at how surrogate families work and play with each other.

Episodes explore family dynamics as they exist in different forms, including sibling rivalry, responsibility and authority. The show also looks at the relationship food has with these different families, and how important it is for all kinds of families to “break bread” together, and how this is done.

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Whip the Chef 3
Premiere date: Sunday, 17 July 2008 at 16h30

A cookery show for kids, Whip The Chef celebrates South African people, their cooking and their produce.

SPECIALS

Cuba An African Odyssey (Part 2)
On: Sunday, 6 July 2008 at 21h00

TVSA's Cuba: An African Odyssey Minisite.

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Mandela 6th Annual Lecture
On: Sunday, 13 July 2008 at 21h00

Nelson Mandela delivers his 6th annual lecture. More info. to follow.

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A Mandela Portait
On: Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 20h00

More info. to follow.

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Mandela (Documentary)
On: Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 21h00

More info. to follow.

MOVIES

Field Of Dreams
On: Monday, 7 July 208 at 22h30

Kevin Costner plays Ray Kinsella, an Iowa corn farmer who builds a baseball diamond at the request of a mysterious voice in his head.

When the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson emerges from the corn to play baseball, it's the start of a magical journey that explores the America's fascination with its favourite pastime, a magical journey that ultimately redeems his soul. An unforgettably moving film famous for getting tough males to cry.

Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann

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I Am David
On: Saturday, 12 July 2008 at 20h00

I Am David is the story of a 12-year-old boy, David, who escapes a Communist concentration camp with little more than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark.

David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. It is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctual mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love.

Starring: Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright

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Tin Cup
On: Monday, 14 July 2008 at 22h30

Roy 'Tin cup' McAvoy, a failed pro golfer who lives at the run-down driving range which he manages with his sidekick and caddy Romeo in the West Texas tin pot town of Salome, ends up signing over ownership to a madam of 'show girls' to pay off debts.

His foxy novice golf pupil, female psychiatrist Dr. Molly Griswold, turns out to be the new girlfriend of McAvoy's sarcastic one-time college golf partner, slick PGA superstar David Simms, who drops by to play into Roy's fatal flaw: the inability to resist a dare, all too often causing him to lose against lesser players, in this case gambling away his car.

Falling for Molly, Roy decides to become her patient; in order to earn her respect, he decides to try to qualify for the US Open, after starting off as Simm's caddy 'for the benefit of his experience'.

His talent proves more then adequate, but over-confident negligence of risks, while pleasing the crowds, is murder on his scores, while Simms spits on the fans but never wastes a point.

Starring: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson.

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For Better Or Worse
On: Saturday, 19 July 2008 at 20h00

Chronic loser Michael Makeshift, attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings just for the company. He has a "video dog" on tape because a real pet would abandon him. But when his rogue brother asks Michael to watch his bride for a couple of days while he cements a shady business deal, nothing and no one will ever be the same.

Starring: Jason Alexander, Lolita Davidovich, James Woods.

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The Postman
On: Monday, 21 July 2008 at 22h30

After a war that decimated the government and most of the population of the United States, people struggle to survive against starvation and rogue groups of armed men.

One such group is called the Holnists. This group is bigger than any other and their leader, General Bethlehem, has delusions of ruling the country. A group captures a drifter and force him to join them. He escapes at the first chance and finds the skeleton wearing a postal uniform and takes it to keep him warm.

He also finds a mailbag and starts conning people with old letters. The hope he sees in the people he delivers to changes his plans and he decides that he must help bring the Holnists down.

Starring: Kevin Costner, Will Paton, Larenz Tate.

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The Story Of Us
On: Saturday, 26 July 2008 at 20h00

Two jilted lovers spend fifteen years of marriage together, only to find that they might no longer love each other. In this time they have two children and go through the various (dramatic and comical) events that take place in an average marriage.

Starring: Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rita Wilson

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