DRAMA
Isibaya
Telenovela Daily Drama
Isibaya depicts the battle for wealth and power between the Zungus and the Ndlovus, two rival families living in Thukela Valley. The bitter feud between the two powerful taxi families continues in Egoli, the city of gold, where the Zungus seek to build their fortune. Mzansi Magic from Mondays to Fridays
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Greed & Desire
Drama Series
Greed and Desire explores the themes of ambition, wealth, power, secrets and desire. This drama exposes viewers to a world established in Bloemfontein.
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DOCU
DRAMA
Amagugu
Television Series 13x 24:00
Amagugu is part reality show, part drama, set against the backdrop of a real person going through a major life transition, experiencing the death of a loved one. While there’s obviously a lot of sadness there’s also a lot of organizing that needs to be done. We follow the true story of the surviving family members and see how they are now facing major change and have to re-build their lives. But that comes with time. Losing someone is very painful. The people on the show experience all kinds of difficult emotions and we get the feeling that the pain and sadness they experiencing will never let up.
The viewers realize that these are normal reactions to a significant loss. But while there is no right or wrong way to grieve, there are healthy ways to cope with the pain that, in time, can renew and permit live to move on. We experience their journey and discover what’s at stake.
An Amagugu episode consists of a mixture of interviews with the real person and actors reconstruct the events. The stories all revolve around the contributors experience with a death and funeral of a person close to them. We hear about the grieving and the events around the death. SABC 1 Weekly 2016
DOCUMENTARY
No Borders – From Township to Favela
Documentary series - 2014 (8x 24:00)
Two communities, two continents and two journeys. No Borders is a journey of discovery and exploration, an 8-part television series creating a dialogue between the realities of a favela in Brazil and a township in South Africa, through the eyes of two of its charismatic community leaders.
In Brazil, and especially in Rio, the history of favelas traces back to former illegal settlements occupied initially by freed slaves and later by poor migrants and immigrants in search of a better life in Brazilian big cities. Favelas were slowly urbanised and are today home to a significant part of Rio’s working class, living alongside contrasting upmarket neighbourhoods.
In South Africa, the word township usually refers to urban living areas that were reserved for non-whites. Today, these areas are buzzing with growth, but are still fighting for better social standards while steeped in a vibrant cultural past.
It is tempting, in the realities shared by these two developing nations, to judge both townships and favelas for their hard past and tales of poverty and crime. However, there is much more to townships and favelas than meets the eye. They are a vibrant part of the cities in which they exist, each leaving an indelible mark in the cultural landscape of their regions.
Phillip Malepa and Sidney Tartaruga leave behind the comfort and familiarity of their respective homes to discover how others in similar spaces live across the seas. Phillip makes his journey to Sidney’s Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, and later Sydney travels to meet Phillip in Soweto, in South Africa.
Recently I completed a series - IT Takes A Village, featuring DJ Zinhle.
DJ Zinhle is committed to making a difference in the lives of young women in South Africa starting in her hometown Dannhauser, KZN. It’s a small town in crisis. It’s challenges reflects the social issues faced by small towns across South Africa - unemployment, alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, crime, just to name some.
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I was the series Director on X-Factor West Africa. International Reality Talent search format.
REALITY
ABOUT ERNIE
Director // Producer
ERNIE VOSLO0 produces a wide range of distinctive factual programming for television, and have gained a reputation for delivering intelligent, imaginative, beautifully crafted films.
He studied Media at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and then joined the South African Broadcasting Corporation - SABC. He specialised as a Vision Controller working on both live and pre-recorded studio productions for three years. Ernie joined First Video an independent production company specialising in advertising and narrowcast productions.
After a year of being a Production Assistant for First Video, he started directing corporate and training videos.
Ernie held the position of Producer/Director/Scriptwriter for seven years. His responsibilities included research, conceptualisation, script and post produced videos. His experience with the unit was largely in dramas, documentaries, magazine programmes, panel discussions and promotional videos.
His duties as Executive Producer were to manage, advise, control and co-ordinate the contributions of four Directors and to ensure that the video production resources (staff, equipment and time) were utilised to their best effect.
After forming Floodlight Films his main experience has been directing broadcast children and youth programmes and music videos.
Ernie has achieved numerous Avanti awards, Loeries and Golden Horns for both broad and narrowcast projects. He received a SAFTA award for directed a 26 minute documentary ‘Crossing the Barrier’. Telling the untold story of white people living in Soweto. Two SAFTA's for Zola 7 and an EMMY Nomination for a youth talk show - CHOICE.
Ernie was executive producer & director for Ochre Moving Pictures. Working on the multi award winning ”Zola 7” a factual entertainment TV series for SABC 1 and series producer for “Kenny Makenzo - Undakerpet” a 13 episode satire TV series for SABC 1. He was the the series director on “Kwanda” a community make over show.
He completed “A slice of Life” in 2011. An international food series that takes a look at the food of Gauteng as an exhilarating, glamorous and occasionally wild epicurean love letter to a region without which the rest of South Africa could not exist.
Ernie was the Series Director for Got Talent – Nigeria and X-Factor West Africa. Recently, Ernie directed a 4 part doccie series shot in Rio de Janeiro. In 2016 he directed Isibaya an award winning drama broadcasting on DStv. Ernie was the director on BOLHUIS a crime doccie drama for kykNET. Currently he is the Series Director on It Takes A Village S2 & 3. A reality makeover series.
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