Mr. Scorsese
Channel: Apple TV
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary Series
Mr. Scorsese is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history.
With exclusive, unrestricted access to Martin Scorsese's private archives, the series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family and creative collaborators.
These include Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris and close childhood friends.
Mr. Scorsese examines how his own colourful life experiences informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality.
Starting with his New York University student films and continuing to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.
The Perfect Neighbor
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 09h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
One woman. Dozens of 911 calls. And a close-knit neighbourhood caught in a nightmare.
What begins as one woman's relentless harassment of children spirals into a shocking act of violence.
Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighbourhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.
Using bodycam footage from dozens of police visits, The Perfect Neighbor bears witness to a tight-knit community navigating one neighbour's relentless harassment.
But her hostility takes a sinister turn when it escalates into a fatal crime.
The Perfect Neighbor - Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Directing Award - delivers a hauntingly powerful experience that keeps you on edge from start to finish.
Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam
Channel: Prime Video
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary Series
Chronicles the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of Zach Horwitz, a wannabe actor, on his journey from Indiana to Los Angeles as he orchestrates one of Hollywood's most audacious financial frauds.
Obsessed with achieving A-list status despite his limited talent on screen, Zach convinces his university friends with finance backgrounds to join his business ventures with fabricated backings from powerful CEOs.
Through intimate accounts from his inner circle - including ex-wife Mallory, who fell in love with him as a teenager only to discover her entire life was a lie; college buddies; and longtime mistress (just one of many) - the series unravels the pathology of this larger-than-life character whom they all once admired.
His elaborate deception includes fabricated text conversations, emails, photoshopped contracts and more while living extravagantly and attempting to buy his way into an acting career.
While he failed miserably on screen, his most convincing role was playing a successful Hollywood mogul to everyone around him.
Lost Treasures of Egypt 6
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series, History
Witness the secrets of ancient Egypt being unlocked before your very eyes in the fifth instalment of Lost Treasures of Egypt, as groundbreaking new discoveries lift the lid on this intriguing ancient civilisation.
Join National Geographic's cameras as they follow top international archaeologists during a full season of excavations across Egypt.
With unprecedented access to these intrepid modern-day explorers who are on the frontline of archaeology, you can follow the action as the teams battle searing heat and inhospitable terrain to make the discoveries of a lifetime.
Using cutting-edge technology to bring the exciting digs and discoveries up close like never before, combined with personal testimonies from the archaeologists on the ground, you are thrust to the heart of the action, as you crawl beneath pyramids to uncover long-lost tombs and unearth 3,000-year-old mummies for the very first time.
In the Season 6 premiere, "Secrets of the Tomb Raiders": Archaeologists follow the clues to uncover the audacious heists that robbed Egypt's pyramid kings and elites of their afterlife treasures.
Konakele Kithi
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality
Konakele Kithi is a reality show diving deep into the real struggles that are tearing families apart.
The show gives these families a chance to confront and heal their struggles and rebuild broken bonds.
Hosted by Nomsa Buthelezi, each episode of Konakele Kithi looks into a different family's story, showing the raw, real-life challenges they face - from generational trauma and deep-seated grudges to everyday tensions like favouritism and lifestyle clashes.
With the help of expert guidance, the featured families get the chance to break free from the toxic cycles that have been dragging them down for years.
Tune in as they learn new ways to cope, communicate and restore harmony in their lives.
You will get more than just a glimpse into their personal struggles - you will gain insights into how you too can deal with your own family issues and make lasting changes for the better.
In the series premiere: Maria and her mother, Johanna, are at loggerheads.
Maria believes Johanna does not love her and that she loves her sons more; Johanna insists that Maria has spread lies about her.
Fire Country 3
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Drama
Max Thieriot stars as Bode Leone, a young convict seeking a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region.
Now Bode walks as a free man as he continues his journey toward redemption in his small hometown with Cal Fire.
In the Season 3 premiere, "What the Bride Said": In the midst of Gabriela and Diego's wedding, a helicopter crash ignites chaos and the team immediately jumps into action to stop fires and help victims.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Firing Squad": Bode receives a life-changing opportunity that could impact his future as a firefighter, and Leven Rambin guest stars as Audrey, a former fire camp inmate.
A Fatal Encounter: The Marleen Konings Story
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 21h25
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
This film explores the solo road trip of a Dutch exchange student who was drugged and killed by an ex-con she befriended while on a road trip to see the sights of South Africa.
Dutch exchange student Marleen Konings was studying in Cape Town - an adventurous student, she had planned a road trip to see the sights of South Africa, but when her friend later canceled Marleen carried on alone.
On the way back to Cape Town she made friends with an ex-con who used a fake name.
Along the way he drugged her and eventually shot and killed her.
This film explores the story and the following court case.