Thrilling New TV Series Set at SA’s Popular V&A Waterfront
The first trailer for Waterfront, a star-studded family noir – set in the dark underbelly of one of South Africa’s most popular tourist attractions – has just been released… and looks to be a thrilling addictive series. Watch the trailer below. The story revolves around boat-building patriarch Ben Myburgh’s (SAFTA nominee Dawid Minnaar) who is dead. […]
The first trailer for Waterfront, a star-studded family noir – set in the dark underbelly of one of South Africa’s most popular tourist attractions – has just been released… and looks to be a thrilling addictive series. Watch the trailer below.
The story revolves around boat-building patriarch Ben Myburgh’s (SAFTA nominee Dawid Minnaar) who is dead. This brings his three daughters – Julia (Die Byl’s Milan Murray), Anna (Rolanda Marais) and Kate (Die Boekklub’s Trix Vivier) – back to the family business at the Cape Town harbour.
But only one of them will inherit – and not what she expected – in this dark story of secrets, sibling rivalry and gentrification.
Many of South Africa’s favourite stars are featured including Albert Pretorius… but the real star of the show is the V&A Waterfront.
The filmmakers say they were spoilt for choice during filming because “you can film anything here and it’s beautiful”.
The series is a reminder though that this beauty came at a price: the gentrification that followed the development of the shopping centre in the ’80s meant that not all of the Waterfront’s neighbours could afford to stay on what had become prime property.
Even the likes of the Myburghs were put under immense pressure to move.
“When I was a child, the Waterfront was a kind of a ship dock,” remembers cast member Euodia Samson (Die Byl). “It was a fantastic world because there were people and fishermen everywhere. Nowadays, it’s so prim and proper you have to wear heels when you come here.”
Waterfront – a co-production between Showmax and KykNet – replaces Die Boekklub on kykNET (DStv Channel 144) on 10 October 2017 at 20:00 SAST, coming to Showmax express the next day. New episodes will screen weekly. Also available to Showmax International subscribers overseas – www.showmax.com.