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MARCH 18 ISSUE 03 A South African story told with SAA celebrates the life of an Icon, a lot of heart - Beyond The River Hugh Masekela on page 5 Be Lucifer Entertained Contents March Highlights 3 Interview 5 New Releases 6 African Choice 8 Film Collection 9 Kids Movies 11 12 Worldwide 13 Asian Collection 14 TV Series TV Features 16 Radio Vaselentjie 18 Audio on Demand South African Airways is proud to offer our passengers a wide selection 20 of movies, TV programmes and music tunes to keep you entertained throughout your ight. Young or old, you will enjoy the latest comedy Games shows and fun kids programming, while for the more discerning tastes 22 we offer a ne variety of Wildlife, Business and Sport reports with a mix of our Worldwide and Asian titles. Besides the latest Blockbusters and old favourites, SAA continuously expands the African choice to support our local talent and provide other nationals with a glimpse into the heart of our nation. We invite you to sit back and relax while we take care of everything else. Refer to the inside back cover for assistance using your remote. March Highlights Every month, our in- ight entertainment Check out our tribute and a timeline of some These and more should keep your little guide is mindfully packaged to ensure that of his most memorable career and personal ones entertained for hours on end! For a all shows cater to your every entertainment events on page 5. dose of old school lm festival hits, check need and this month is no different. Featured out our two new selections — The Artist on our cover this March is one of the latest For a dose of sci- action, we’ve added Jus- and Spectre. additions to our African Choice category. tice League for your entertainment consid- Beyond The River, a heartfelt South Afri- eration — the movie proves that superhero Perusing through our in- ight entertain- can adventure lm about two men who stop movies still have a huge place in fans’ hearts. ment guide you will build your own in- at nothing to win the three-day Dusi Canoe This sci- wonder was a huge commer- formed list of favourite content. Prepare Marathon despite having never competed as cial success after raking in an impressive to be spoilt for choice with a combination a team before, and each being haunted by 656 million USD. The lead character Bruce of great lms, television series, documen- their individual troubles. Leading the cast are Wayne aka Batman (played by the multiple taries, sports report, business content, legendary South African actor Grant Swanby award-winning Ben Af eck) is inspired to comedy shows, wildlife, lifestyle and travel (who plays Steve) and Lemogang Tsipa (who save the planet from what could be the most shows, destination guides as well as arts plays Duma). The one is running away from calamitous attack ever. Realising that his and culture content that’ll have your eyes his old life and the police, while the other’s mission requires a bigger team of superpow- glued to our seat-back screens. As if all of marriage is on the brink of a divorce. The ers, he secures the help of his new partner the above is not enough, there’s also our movie is based on the true story of Siseko Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman (stunningly music mixes and radio shows curated by Ntondini and Piers Cruickshanks, who won played by Gal Gadot) and together they as- some of the world’s best on-air personalities gold in the 2014 Dusi. Prepare to have to semble a team of superheroes that includes and club Djs. your emotions moved! Superman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash to help them wage war against the planet’s Here’s to more blissful experiences aboard While still on the subject of emotions, South newest enemy. Justice League will help you South African Airways ights! Africa recently lost its father of jazz Hugh escape the reality of your long distance ight. Masekela to prostate cancer. The legendary muso lived a full life which saw him ght, Our growing selection of kids’ movies includes amongst other things, the brutal apartheid new additions in the form of Coco, Shrek as system during the early years of his career. well as The Pirates! Band of Mis ts. 3 Spectre 4 CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF HUGH MASEKELA, THE FATHER OF SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ Youthfully spirited until his last days, Bra Hugh passed on in late January 2018 leaving a huge void in the South African music industry. To say that his contribution will be missed would be the biggest understatement of our time Every generation usually has a group of individuals spearheading its revolution. In South Africa, late jazz legend, horn player and sociopolitical activist Hugh Ra- mapolo Masekela was undoubtedly one of the biggest agents of in uence in music, theatre and the arts as a whole. The 78-year-old rewrote the jazz narrative through his vigorous spirit and ugelhorn and trumpet infused music — making the genre approachable to both the young and old. After a brave battle against prostate can- cer, Bra Hugh passed on on the 23rd of January 2018, leaving behind his son and daughter, grandchildren, wife of 19 years and six decades of musical memories. As tributes poured in from around the world, speak- er after speaker mentioned how they would miss Bra “I’ve got to where I am in life not because of something Hugh’s brutal honesty. Bra Hugh spent 30 years in I brought to the world but through something I found- exile campaigning against the apartheid regime, but the wealth of African culture.” - Hugh Masekela - remained a rooted son of the African soil. His son Sal Masekela told an anecdote of how despite being offered citizenships by many international countries, he was adamant that he wanted to remain South African. Rest in eternal peace Bra Hugh. Your life story will forever be etched in our hearts and minds for decades to come. And may we all learn a thing or two from the honesty he became synonymous with. The life and times of Hugh Masekela Masekela moved to London, and later New 1939: Hugh Masekela was born on 4 York, after the party was banned from South 2004: The rst edition of Still Grazing: April in Kwa-Guqa Township in the small Africa by the apartheid government. After The Musical Biography of Hugh Masekela coal mine town of Witbank to Polina Bow- meeting and working with musical giants was released. ers and Thomas Selema Masekela. Even such as Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillepsie, though he grew up surrounded by music, Masekela’s single Grazing In The Grass 2010: Masekela performed at the his maternal grandmother did not allow dominated music charts in the US. He also World Cup Opening Concert at Orlando Sta- records to be played in their home. Hugh married Mirriam Makeba during his time. dium, in Soweto, South Africa was inspired to play the horn after watch- ing the 1950s musical drama lm Young : Owing to ill health, Masekela’s . At 17, Archbishop Trev- 1974: Masekela returned to Africa 2017 Man With A Horn team cancelled his performance at the an- or Huddleston buys him his rst trumpet. where he interacted with the continent’s musical greats and formed part of a team nual DSTV music festival where thousands of fans had been anticipating his performance. 1959: Bra Hugh became part of Hud- of musicians that organised the Zaire74 dleston Jazz Band, the rst ever youth orches- concerts. He moved to Botswana in 1980. : Masekela passes on at age 78 af- tra. Alongside Jonas Gwangwa and Abdullah 2018 ter a decade-long battle with prostate cancer. Ibrahim, he went on to record the rst album 1990: Masekela moved back to South by a South African jazz band. He also took part Africa after the demise of the apartheid gov- in Todd Matshikiza’s hit musical King Kong. ernment and the release of Nelson Mandela Hugh Masekela brought magic to the from prison. world like no other, thank you for each 1960: After being closely af liated with note that you played and each heart you the African National Congress for years, 1999: Masekela married Elinam Co e uplifted with your passion and music. 5 New Releases Wonder Wonder PG - Edited his father (played by Owen Wilson) carefully takes it off before urging him to proceed towards the Drama, Family - 113 min school’s doors. Language: English, French, Braz Portuguese Subs: English Closed Captions Cast: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson As he starts walking, his mother (played Ju- Latest arrival lia Roberts) can be heard praying that the oth- er kids treat him nicely. His parents had been Upon being introduced to Wonder’s lead charac- home-schooling him largely to protect him from ter August Pullman (played convincingly by the being rejected by his peers. All of the the 27 cor- rective surgeries he’s had since birth have helped delightful Jacob Tremblay), your rst instinct will © 2018 Disney/Pixar probably be sympathy, followed by heartache at him breathe, see and hear without the use of a the amount of suffering and prejudice he’s had hearing aid, but none left him looking ordinary. Coco PG to endure. However, as the story unfolds, you will As expected, the rst few months in the school Adventure, Animation –109 min soon realise that this is a lesson-laden lm that Language: English, Latin Spanish, children could bene t immensely from watching.