TV series

Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle

1997 · 1 season

A quiet, reflective drama that moves between fear and memory, asking you to sit with a family's unspoken history.

Tagline: Apartheid tore their country apart... their family held them together
Overview: A Black South African lives in Toronto with his Canadian wife in 1989. His fears of being stalked by South African secret police, force him to reflect back on his life growing up under apartheid.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, race, politics
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
race
politics
memory
Places: big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Clarence Hamilton
Written by: Clarence Hamilton
Starring: Eric Miyeni, Julie Stewart, Elizabeth Kate, David Meyer, Keryn Brews, Dale Putini, Cindy Hendriks, Tertia Coetzee
Cinematography: Tobie Swanepoel
Length: 1 seasons, 13 episodes, 60 min each
Network: CBC Television, SABC 1
Country: Canada, South Africa
Languages: English