African Couch Potato
African Couch Potato is a South African perspective on all things film and television. Hosted by award-winning TV producer, Gino Shelile, it mashes up in-studio interviews with industry professionals, titles to check out each week, a current film or series review, and a look at old movies that are worth rewatching.
African Couch Potato
06 Absolutely Everything Film and TV with Amo Helang pt 1
Today’s guest is Podcast Producer + Host of Art As Culture Podcast. Creative Entrepreneur, Facilitator, Thought Leader and Content Creator, Amo Helang.
Top 5
Amo's Top 5, in no particular order.
Succession: The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
Avatar 1 & 2:Those blue people.
She's Got To Have It: The story of one woman and her three lovers. TV series based on the film by Spike Lee.
Waiting to Exhale: This multi-award winning film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with men.
Main Review
Calls: Amo talks about Apple TV's Calls, a 2021 series, told through a series of interconnected phone conversations, it chronicles the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray in the lead-up to an apocalyptic event.
Amo Helang explains how listening is a lost art and asks why South African dramas are so often crime related.
Part two of this fabulous chat between Gino and Amo continues next week.
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