On Friday 3 June, MultiChoice
and M-Net Channels will launch M-Net Movies Blackout, an urban movie channel
celebrating the immense contribution of African American stars to the magic of
Hollywood. While the spotlight will fall on a long list of well-known
international Black talent, this pop-up channel will also feature a variety of
popular films that will appeal to a diverse cross-section of viewers.
Coinciding with the American
Black Film Festival (ABFF), an annual international event in Miami dedicated to
showcasing entertainment content made by and about people of African descent to
a worldwide audience, M-Net Movies Blackout will be available on DStv Premium
across Africa. The slate of more than 170 films will be screened on channel 109
for 18 hours a day – from Friday, 3 June at 5:00am until Thursday, 30 June at
10:59pm
Among the stars who will come
out to play on M-Net Movies Blackout are Will Smith, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin
Hart, Tyler Perry, Wesley Snipes, Viola Davis, Morris Chestnut, Martin
Lawrence, Mia Long, Vivica A. Fox and Zoe Saldana.
Some of the big titles that
viewers can look forward to are Wild Wild West, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Bad
Boys 2, Madea’s Witness Protection, Get Hard, Fast & Furious 7, The Wedding
Ringer and Ride Along. Viewers will also see the movie Chocolate City for the
very first time. It tells the story of a struggling student who turns to the
life of an exotic dancer to make ends meet. Chocolate City is scheduled for
broadcast on Sunday, 19 June at 7:30pm
Jan du Plessis, Director: M-Net
Channels, says M-Net Movies Blackout builds on the massive success of previous
movie pop-up channels on DStv such as last year’s Star Wars extravaganza and
kykNET’s Afrikaans language holiday treats, fliekNET. “Pop-up channels are
currently all the rage worldwide and by creating these channels, it grants us
an opportunity to curate available content for the enjoyment of viewers with
different tastes. While movies with phenomenal African American talent are
often scattered across our various channels, this will be the first time you’ll
find them all on one channel.”
The full schedule for M-Net
Movies Blackout will be available on dstv.com as well as on the DStv Electronic
Programme Guide from Monday, 23 May. A selected number of these movies will
also be available on the Dstv Catch Up service.
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