Seeking South African Documentaries

SnagFilms, is looking to sign South African documentaries for its digital distribution service.



SnagFilms streams over 800 non-fiction films from leading content owners including National GEO and PBS and has an established partnership with NBC/Fox owned Hulu. The goal of SnagFilms is to create a formidable online community of non-fiction films for a discernible international audience.

If you own the digital distribution rights for your documentary, Snagfilms would like to be your digital distribution partner. Contact Erica Motley for more information.

Cab Music

I've been saying for as long as anyone can be bothered to listen that the Music Industry stands to be the biggest unintended beneficiary of the Soccer World Cup. 2 billion people will be watching their edited highlights to an African beat - and then hopefully they'll go on line to try to find more of that South African music for themselves.

And so how can film benefit from this cross over? Very easily apparently. Check out these black cab sessions: load up a couple of musos in the back of a London cab, get them to perform live and unplugged and then post it on You Tube. It's great theatre!

African Films in the UK

An absolutely fascinating Guardian article entitled When Will We Start Taking African Films Seriously? tackles the thorny issue of African films breaking (or not) into the UK market:



Simply reinforces my increasing belief that building local audiences is the way to go....