Rockville (TV series)
| Rockville | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap Opera |
| Created by | Connie and Shona Ferguson |
| Written by | Phathutshedzo Makwarela, Gwydion Beynon, Linda Bere, Chisanga Kabinga, Pamela Power & Sibusiso Mamba |
| Directed by | Johnny Barbuzano |
| Starring |
Connie Ferguson Shona Ferguson Terry Pheto Mbali Mlotshwa Boity Thulo Brenda Ngxoli Lehasa Moloi Sello Sebotsane Trevor Gumbi Khanya Mkangisa Fezile Makhanya Hlomla Dandala Thembsie Matu Shaleen Surtie-Richards Maps Maponyane Kgomotso Christopher Sello Maake Ka-Ncube |
| Composer(s) | Joel Assaizky |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| Original language(s) | South African English, Setswana, Sepedi, isiZulu, Afrikaans |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Connie and Shona Ferguson |
| Producer(s) | Bobby Heaney |
| Location(s) | Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Editor(s) | Johan "Ula" Oelsen |
| Running time | 45 to 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Ferguson Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mzansi Magic |
| Original release | June 19, 2013 - Present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Isibaya |
Rockville is a South African soap opera created by married couple Connie and Shona Ferguson and produced by their production company, Ferguson Films. The series is written by Phathutshedzo Makwarela, Gwydion Beynon, Linda Bere, Chisanga Kabinga, Pamela Power and Sibusiso Mamba.
The show revolves around two different black families-the middle-class Bogatsus and the working-class Mabasos, who have are embroiled in an ongoing feud over a series of misunderstandings and hardships, particularly the one where the patriarch of the Bogatsu family, Jackson "JB" Bogatsu (Shona Ferguson) is secretly a pimp who corrupts innocent girls and make them prostitutes by using the attractive cigar lounge, Club Venus but when the Mabaso matriarch, Mavis' (Connie Ferguson) daughter, Lindi (Mbali Mlotshwa) gets a job as a waitress, JB pimps her into being a prostitute but it leads to an unrequited love that not only tears their families apart, but threaten to change the course of their lives forever as JB will have to confront enemies that threaten his business and family and Lindi and Mavis must face the hardships that threaten their family.
Rockville premiered on 19 June 2013 and is broadcast on Mzansi Magic on Sunday at its 8:00 PM timeslot. Each episode plays for 1-hour and the total of the each season is 10-hours. Rockville stars Connie Ferguson, Shona Ferguson, Terry Pheto and Mbali Mlotshwa as well as an ensemble cast which includes Boity Thulo, Brenda Ngxoli, Trevor Gumbi, Sello Sebotsane, Thembsie Matu, Shaleen Surtie-Richards.
Due to its success and reception, production began for the second season of Rockville. It premiered on 9 February 2014 with Clint Brink, Dorothy Ann Gould, Stephanie Schildknecht, Nandi Nyembe, Lerato Haji, Masego "Maps" Maponyane and Owen Sejake joining the ensemble cast.
Rockville was renewed for a third season which premiered on 4 January 2015. Notable casting changes occurred in the series with Bonnie Mbuli being replaced by Terry Pheto and Sipho Ngwenya's character being taken over by Fezile Makhanya.
This season's main theme is the dark side of South Africa, the sacrifices, drama and subterfuge that it takes to get to the top in today's black South Africa.
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