SPINNERS
Series created by Joachim Landau and Benjamin Hoffman / Action / Showmax (2023)
At 17, Ethan is a driver for Damien's gang, which operates in Manenberg. He lives alone with his younger brother, Byron, and struggles to make ends meet as a violent gang war looms. He then decides to try using spinning as a way out of his life of crime.
Season 1 (8 x 52'): November 8, 2023 on Showmax (South Africa), June 24, 2024 on Canal+ (France)
Written by Matthew Jankes & Sean Steinberg, Benjamin Hoffman, Gillian Breslin, Daniel Zimbler, Byron Abrahams, Zoë Laband
Directed by Jaco Bower
With Cantona James, Chelsea Thomas, Dillon Windvogel
Produced by Joachim Landau and Raphaël Rocher (Empreinte Digitale) and Natives at Large
Distribution: Studiocanal
Official Selection - In Competition - Canneseries 2023
First African series selected for competition in this festival