The Partners
Jack Lewis Lucilla Blankenberg (Mzzz.B)
Born in Cape Town in 1955 Jack was politically active from an early age. Banned for five years in 1976 by the apartheid government, Jack returned to Cape Town. Lucilla has always had a strong desire to tell stories, and film and video has proved to be the most useful tool to do this.
Lederle Bosch (The Big Show)
Zackie Achmat
Lederle Bosch was born in 1964 in Graaf-Reinet. He was a political activist during the 1980s, working in the United Democratic Front and the ANC until 1994. Zackie Achmat lives with HIV/AIDS. Born in 1962, he joined the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa during the 1976 uprisings. He was detained and imprisoned on more than 5 occasions as a youth activist.

The rest of the Idol Team
Yvette Kruger (Production Mama) - Producer Thobela Ntongana (The sequel) - Editor
Yvette Kruger is the production mama always cracking the whip. She has vast experience in the world of feature film, commercials and local and international television. Thobela studied Journalism at Walter Sisulu University in the Eastern Cape. He joined Idol Pictures as an intern in 2005. After a stint with logging and subtitles, Thobz moved on to editing.
Luvuyo Nibe (censored) - Trainee cameraman KK Ngubevana (Oogies) - Office Administrator
   
Omar Sallies (censored) - Editor Michael Rautenbach (censored) - Content Producer
Omar Sallies has been online editing with Idol Pictures for 3 years. Michael Rautenbach has some fifteen years experience as a Radio and TV journalist and producer. He has produced news and current affairs programmes for Radio 702, SAFM's "Morning Live" and "PM Live" and eTV's news and 3 rd Degree.
Grace Geduld (Antie Grace) Meesha Abo (Meeshabooooo) - Researcher
Antie Grace looks after the entire Idol Pictures Team. Meesha Aboo is a Film and Media student who works part-time
at Idol Pictures as a researcher and production assistant for the
documentary films that they produce.
Midi Achmat (Midi Imali Mania Achmat) - Marketing Samora Madolo (Mora) - Editor/Translater
Distributor and Marketing Manager I-Idol Pictures. Midi has been involved in production and finance at Idol Pictures since it's inception 15 years ago. Samora does offline editing on Premier Pro and also translates many of our videos and soon he will be producing inserts for Beat it!
Louda Delcarme - Financial Manager
Louda, The Financial Manager is responsible for the smooth running of the financial operations of the company and giving advise/input that will enable the company to survive financially. Like - no more free lunches.
RECENT FILMS
Don't Shoot
Don't Shoot is part of the international documentary series called, Why Democracy.
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Proteus
A film about two gay prisoners on Robben Island in the 1730s casts light on our history.
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Tania raised us
A film about people who earn their bread "skarrelling" - which roughly translates as scavenging - for scrap meal using their horses and carts.
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Home is where the music is
As part of a string of documentaries commissioned by the SABC. Centres on Robbie Jansen is a legendary figure in Cape Jazz circles.
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Through my eyes - Blanche La Guma
Blanche La Guma at 76 sparkles with the energy and opinions of someone half her years.
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The devil breaks my heart
In 1993, the first instalment of this documentary introduced South Africa to a racially diverse group of children from mainly disadvantaged backgrounds.
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