YOUR IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PLANNER TO A FULFILLED AND RELAXED FLIGHT OCTOBER 2019 #ISSUE9 YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME A beautiful tale of friendship and a rollercoaster of emotions Feast your eyes on world class entertainment! BE ENTERTAINED IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE 03 October Highlights 04 Art CONTENTS 06 New Release 09 African Choice 02 12 Kids’ Collection 13 Worldwide 14 Asian Collection 15 TV Series 16 TV Features 17 Music 18 Radio Features 19 Audio On Demand 20 Remotes 23 Games 04 09 06 South African Airways is proud to offer it’s passengers a wide selection of movies, TV programmes and music tunes to keep you entertained through out your flight. Young or old, you will enjoy the latest comedy shows and fun kids programming, while for the more discerning tastes, we offer a fine 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 page 20 for assistance using your remote. AIRSCAPE | 2 OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS With the sun shinning and out to play in South Africa, one can enjoy the African summer with the hot days and cool nights. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and women are encouraged to get regular checks, so it’s time we all went pink and bring awareness to all corners of the world. This month on-board is everything and more, with entertainment to last you from Cape To Cairo. If baking is your thing then you can binge on Cake Boss episodes, Godzilla, The Silence or The Lego Movie 2. Box office hit and star of the year, Toy Story 4 is a sure hit and will find it’s way into the whole families life, young and old, we have you covered. Here’s to a relaxed and fun-filled journey abroad our SAA flight, until the next one. We Recommend: If you enjoy gripping your seat and taking in suspense, then we have the correct dosage of thrill for you. Blockbuster, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, is a survival of the fittest as the human race rely on Godzilla to take down King Ghidorah who has brought more destruction by awakening other Titans to end the world. This is one for the books as monsters come face to face to claim their territory. If you are looking for soothing sounds, head over to our Audio On Demand where you can indulge in some of the best music from soulful sounds right down to rock and roll. One thing is for sure and we have you covered, whatever your needs. What We’re Talking About This Month BET Award winning star, Sjava who is not apologetic about who he is and where he comes from will be hosting his first ever music concert on 27 October 2019 at the Sun Arena Time Square in Pretoria, South Africa. One Night With Sjava promises to be one for the books. The annual Macufe Festival will be bringing Bloemfontein in the Free State, South Africa to life. The music festival boasts both local and international stars, while connecting attendees from all walks of life on 4 – 13 October 2019. DID YOU KNOW? Music has no boundaries! South African born super star DJ, and producer, Black Coffee teamed up and collaborated with multi Grammy Award winning singer Usher and released a song called La La La. Black Coffee described Usher as one of the coolest people he has ever met and they will be working on Usher’s forth coming album. AIRSCAPE | 3 ART BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Remarkable artist Baba Tjeko strives to succeed as an artist and creative collaborator outside of the confines of the traditional art industry but still command respect for art galleries. ART is one of the purest form of communication a loud and colourful imagination. His timid yet sharp where an artist bares their soul! One such personality comes alive when he puts his mind into the extraordinary and talented artist is geometrical and world of art. Art forms a great part of who he is and he pattern artist Baba Tjeko who has allowed us to see sees himself as a vessel using it to communicate the world through his eyes. messages of dignity, love, justice and hope. Born in Tumahole in the Free State, South Africa the So what does art mean to Baba, he said: “Art means the 35-year-old creative defied all odds, quit his 9-5 job, freedom to think and create without limitations. It means traded it for allowing his imagination to take over enjoying and appreciating all that is in existence because and decided to follow his passion and dreams... creative thought came before they were created.“ something that not many people have the courage to. He uses ancient traditional technique by South African tribe, the Basotho people called Litema Designs, this The simple yet powerful designer describes himself makes his art stand out and not hard to miss, you cannot as a passionate, emphatic, strong human being with help but fall in love with Baba’s work. AIRSCAPE | 4 ART He said: “As a Mosotho who is passionate about the Sesotho language, aesthetics and general Basotho culture, I was drawn to learn about different aspects of the culture. “That was when I discovered that due to the younger generation’s lack of interest in Litema, the beautiful art form is now a disappearing. The other reason is the fact that people from rural villages (of Lesotho and Free State province) where the tradition of Litema is practiced, have been relocating to urban areas for education and better job opportunities. That prompted me to play part in preserving the history of the art form by fusing it in my work – I did not want part of history that represents me as a Mosotho to die.” And like the artist that he is, he set course and sailed to greater heights, art has always been part of who he is, from when he was in kinder garden, his high schooling years and right now as a father and husband. Taking a walk down memory lane, he tries to link his passion to his family as he remembered that he would come across his uncle’s old school books and was fascinated by the cartoon illustrations he drew, “I practiced my drawing by copying his work. Besides his books, I have no memory of seeing my uncle draw so there was no one who was into art in the family.” He was fortunate enough to have a family that supports his craft and cheered him on from a young age. Armed with a 3-year Creative Multimedia Diploma majoring in Advertising Design from the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA) it took Baba 6 years after graduating to find his voice and style. Pursuing passion is both risky and by either listening to music including soul, jazz, hip hop, or traditional genres, “I am highly sensitive to external stimuli thus a costly exercise sometimes something as simple as a smell of a certain scent will evoke certain emotion Sharing about his journey to discovery he and inspiration and I will work.” said: “From doing cartoon illustrations, painting, design, music and other things, it Some of the highlights of his work include became difficult for me to progress in one being commissioned to create an artwork for thing and curve my unique artistic voice. Mini Limited Edition and producing work for “However, it was during my time at tertiary African music channel, Channel O campaign. where I fell in love with the black narrative, His vision is to be recognized as an issues of representation and preservation of internationally renowned Urban Afrocentric the African history. That, together with my artist who collaborates with global brands love for Sesotho language and culture and have his work collected by prominent art became my area of interest and I wanted my collectors around the world. creative work to be within that space.” “I would like the world to know me as a simple human being from a humble township When crafting, he believes in the power of of Tumahole whose dreams are valid and being led by intuition thus feeding into energy talents are worthy of respect globally” – in a space is already inspirational for him to BABA TJEKO work.“ At other times he cultivates the energy AIRSCAPE | 5 DID YOU KNOW? Music has no boundaries! South African born super star DJ, and producer, Black Coffee teamed up and collaborated with multi Grammy Award winning singer Usher and released a song called La La La. Black Coffee described Usher as one of the coolest people he has ever met and they will be working on Usher’s forth coming album. NEW RELEASES TOY STORY 4 The Toy Story franchise has engraved itself in most of our hearts from the first time it came to life 25 years ago. With a stellar cast, this last instalment to the Sheriff Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lighteryear (voice of Tim Allen) and friends journey is heart-warming. Suitable for all ages this animated story it does not without saying that the gap between its 3rd franchise, Toy Story 3, which was released in 2010, the love and impact it left in viewers lives saw it earn a whooping $1 Billion world-wide since its release.