It’s also a year that TV became everybody’s closest friend as movies and shows became our escape from the bleakness of the year brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. For its Kenyan subscribers, 2020 saw Showmax release its strongest line-up yet of award-winning Kenyan titles and fan-favourites.
TV Shows
Reality – Sol Family – Sauti Sol, Africa’s biggest band, wowed their fans in Kenya and all over Africa when they let us in on some intimate and personal details about their lives in the reality docu-series Sol Family. Much-loved for humanizing the multi-award-winning band and for its many meme-able moments, Sol Family was brought to life by Eugene Mbugua, who’s known for other popular projects like Stori Yangu, Our Perfect Wedding and Concert Nyumbani.
Here are the top 8 Kenyan productions on Showmax in 2020
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Video on demand service, Showmax, has released a list of its most watched line-up of Kenyan productions on its platform for the year 2020.
Some of the Kenyan productions include Sauti Sol’s reality TV show Sol Family, telenovela film Kovu and drama drama film Lusala.
Below is the full list of top Kenyan productions on Showmax in 2020:
1. Sol Family
Sauti Sol, Africa’s biggest band, wowed their fans in Kenya and all over Africa when they let us in on some intimate and personal details about their lives in the reality docu-series Sol Family. Much-loved for humanizing the multi-award-winning band and for its many meme-able moments, Sol Family was brought to life by Eugene Mbugua, who’s known for other popular projects like Stori Yangu, Our Perfect Wedding and Concert Nyumbani.
Lusala on its platform this Thursday. Also landing on Showmax is
Coerced Revenge, starring Xavier Ywaya.
Kenyan film Lusala is coming to Showmax on Thursday 17 December, 2020. The film comes at a time when there has been a surge of local production aired in international Tv platforms. This has exposed local actors to a wider audience the world over.
Lusala follows Brian Ogola (Poacher, 18 Hours) in the titular role as a young man whose life is interrupted by the demons from his childhood. To escape his violent childhood, Lusala runs away to the city where he’s adopted by an affluent family. Now working at a local mechanic shop, the time comes for him to be his own man, encouraged by his adoptive mother, who worries that Lusala could be a danger to her daughter.
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Kenyan films streaming on Netflix now
Poacher on Netflix.
2020 has been a good year for the arts, and our movie scene has made tremendous strides. With magnificent places and good weather, Kenya has always been seen as an excellent destination to shoot movies. This has seen various Hollywood movies such as Lion King shot here. However, the local movie scene was somewhat struggling until this year. We have seen our local movies – shot, directed, and produced by our own, premiere on Netflix.
Disconnect
Initially released in April 2018, Disconnect is a comedy, romance movie written by Natasha Likimani and Silas Miami, with Tosh Gitonga, best known for his work in ‘Nairobi Half Life,’ as Director. It boasts huge names in the local acting scene, such as Brenda Wairimu, Nick Mutuma, Bridgette Shighadi, Catherine Kamau, Pascal Tokodi, and Pierra Makena, Patricia Kihoro, Brian Ogola, Arthur Sanya, Aseem Sharma, Justin Mirichii, and Illya Frank.