DIRECTOR
Mandlakayise W. Dube

RELEASE DATE
Apr 27 on Netflix

WRITER
Sabelo Mgidi

BRIEF SYNOPSIS:

The year is 1980, South Africa. Three young freedom fighters from the are en route on a sabotage mission to blow up the Watloo petrol depot as a sign of resistance to the apartheid government. Along the way they realise they’re being tailed and a hot pursuit ensues leading the trio into a bank in downtown Silverton. With 20 hostages inside, Calvin uses the cards he is dealt with and attempts the biggest political move in South African history. He demands the release of Nelson Mandela in exchange for the hostages and surrender.

Pambili Media

OUR BACKROUND

Pambilimedia as a creative agency of stories has conceptualized and embarked upon a conglomeration of narratives. Topping the list is The Legends of Freedom Series. The vision is to nourish the youth of its indigenous background and celebrate the victories this country has accomplished. The entities in partnership have identified a gap in the market; namely, the need for African entertainment based heritage content, a practice that is scarcely interrogated and applied in South Africa. Our interests are mainly in advancing Africa’s Heritage and Cultural History through media.

VALUE PROPOSITION

Globally the demand for content from Africa is increasing. Audiences worldwide want to know more about the myriad number of untold stories, a case study is Black Panther. The appetite for new generated content from the Continent is an excellent opportunity to express Africa in a Fresh New Lens on various formats. For Pambilimedia these are inclusive of online film and television. These formats utilize the current digital convergence. Therefore opening opportunities toward economic growth. More importantly, Legends of Freedom wishes to make heritage more commercially viable, and accessible to audiences. We have seen how Chinese heritage has become a phenomenon.

Presently African heritage has been not taken advantage of its rich potential. Inadvertently, this makes market entry points for broadcasting African content incongruent. We want to partner with NETFLIX and others to change that fallacy. Africa is undoubtedly the next and future frontier.

Festival Du Cinema African Khouribga
Camerimage Poland
Toronto Black Film Festival
Pan African Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Contact

Tel: +27 (012) 844 0251
pambili@pambilimedia.com
PO Box 1856, Rosslyn, 0200

Pretoria

Contact Unit M41 Mark
Shuttleworth Street
Innovation Centre
The Innovation Hub
Lynnwood  0084

Durban 

CERTELLE NPC 10TH Floor,
Musgrave Towers,
115 Musgrave Road
Berea
Durban 4001

Tel: +27 (031) 325 0200

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