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THULA'S VINE A SOUTH AFRICAN GEM OF A STORY THAT EXPLORES CONTENTIOUS ISSUES WITH DEXTERITY AND INSIGHT PREMIERES ON SABC 3
Thula's Vine is a fresh and unique 13 part drama that will join the SABC 3 line up from
Thursday 6 April at 19:30. It explores the story of Thula's journey from a successful urban
celebrity that encounters a fall from grace, and returns to her roots to discover a passion
for her birthright.
Thula is a charming, well-known radio personality who is living the life in Jozi. She is
caught having a secret affair with a well-regarded, married politician and flees to her
rural farm home to escape the escalating media scandal. We learn that the owner of
the farm, a white man, was her father, who had an affair with a local black woman and
became pregnant with Thula. After many years of being away from home, Thula is now
forced to face her estranged relationships with her older white sister, her activist black
brother and her biological black mother. To make matters worse, Thula learns that her
older sister is planning on selling the family farm where she grew up and her older black
brother is fighting the sale, claiming that the land belongs to the black community. A
bitter battle ensues between the farm owners and labourers and Thula is put in a difficult
position of having to choose one side of her family over the other.
It explores the current theme of land ownership and rights in a compelling and intriguing
manner. Wandile Molebatsi, Coalstove's Executive Producer: The Vineyard in Thulas
vine is a contested space, in some ways it is allegorical of South Africa in 2017. The
previously dispossessed and disadvantaged negotiate ownership with people who
legally have a claim It illustrates how land is important in binding families from one
generation to the next and creates a sense of identity and belonging.
The production also explores themes that can be understood and related to by any
South African such as sibling rivalry, parents and children struggling to understand each
other, family feuds that last generations. There's more than enough intrigue, romance,
betrayal, mystery and drama to keep audiences glued to their screens week after
week! - Busisiwe Ntintili, Head Writer
The production is a showcase of South African talent both on and off the screen. It
features some of South Africa's premier acting talent from the name lead Renate
Stuurman as Thula and includes a plethora of acting genius' in the lineup such as Sivan
Raphaely, Wandile Molebatsi, Connie Chume, Nandi Nyembe, Martin Le Maitre, Mary-
Anne Barlow, Emmanuel Castis, Bontle Modiselle and Yule Masiteng
The production also features a sterling crew which includes South African talent such as
Mmabatho Montsho, Que Ntuli, Scottnes Smith and Sello Letsatsi as Directors, Tiyane
Nyembe and Gaopie Kabe as Director of Photography and Megan Firth as Line
Producer. Together they have rallied a formidable team so that the story could be told in
the true spirit of SABC 3.
-- Tune in for all the intrigue and enthralling drama of Thula's Vine every Thursday at 19H30
starting 6th April, 2017, on SABC 3 The Stage Is Yours
For more information and pictures, please contact the SABC 3 Publicity department.
Ends.
Issued by
Doulha Domingo
Publicity Coordinator: SABC 3
Tel. (011) 714 6269
Email: domingod@sabc.co.za
To read the detailed press release, please click on the link below:
THULA'S VINE
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