Studiocanal will stage at the London TV Screenings the international premiere of “Spinners,” an eight-part extreme sports action drama set on the mean streets of Cape Town’s Southside, that is not …
, Africa’s biggest pan-continental SVOD service available in 65 countries, and Vivendi’s Canal+, rating as both a Showmax and Canal+ Original.
Created by Landau and Benjamin Hoffman,“Spinners” will bode introduced to buyers in London just a couple of months after Studiocanal announced it had boarded – and is co-developing – epic action drama “Agoodjie,” about a fearsome 19th century female fighting force of 4,000 women warriors who fought with extraordinary fearlessness against the French army in Dahomey, West Africa“Africa is a big focus for us and we are extremely pleased to present ‘Spinners’ which is a great example of the strong...
Yet, playing off a rich mix of relatable genres, in many ways “Spinners” reaches out to the world. It’s part coming of age narrative as Ethan 17, drives for a local gang to support his kid brother, but, stumbling on a group of spinners, sees the sport as a way out of interminable gang violence which affronts him.
Most key talent is newer, director Jaco Bouwer, whose “Gaia” won the Zeiss cinematography award at 2021’s SXSW, debuted directing one episode of Die Boland Moorde in 2013. Save for relative veteran Byron Abrahams, “Spinners” writers, all SAFTA Award winners, wrote their first feature or series in the last decade.
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