Halfmanspunt

Halfmanspunt (lit. "half-man's point") is an Afrikaans TV drama by Johann Potgieter

The drama or series

Originally titled Bobbejaanspunt ("Baboon's point"), it was a single drama written for SABC TV-1 in 1985.

A copy of the SABC script (dated March 1985) was found in the archives of the Stellenbosch Drama Departement in 2022. Now held in the ESAT Archives.

Broadcast history in South Africa

Produced and broadcast by SABC TV-1 in 1986, directed by Stephan Bouwer with Goliath Davids, Simon Bruinders, Shaun Feldman, Anthony Wilson, Johan Botha, Johan van der Merwe, Shaleen Surtie-Richards (as Shaleen Surtie), Vanessa Reynolds, Kristo Pienaar, Pierre Louw, Johan Niemandt and Bertram Adams.

Music by Louis van Rensburg, cinematography by Gordon Hines, film editing by Gretchen Holzapfel, production design by Daniël le Roux and costume design by Leonie Roberts.

For more details of the production, including the rest of the crew, see Halfmanspunt on IMDb[1],

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301377/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693089/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Johann Potgieter. 1985. Typed copy of the SABC script (dated March 1985), held in the archive of the Drama Department, University of Stellenbosch. Now held in the ESAT repository held at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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