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Making their mark: Scenes from the new Netflix series Marked, directed by Akin Omotoso. Picture: Netflix
ACTION DRAMA SERIES

In Akin Omotoso’s Marked, crime becomes the only cure

Akin Omotoso’s Marked blends heart-pounding heist thrills with heartbreaking social critique in a story about motherhood, survival and a failing healthcare system

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
6 min read
Home is where the heart is: Hendrik Nieuwoudt as Sean and Anathi Rubela as Gift in a scene from the Netflix Afrikaans series Tuiskoms. Photos: Courtesy of Netflix
AFRIKAANS SERIES

Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour

Series captures the complexity of grief, family and rediscovery through love

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
7 min read