Season 1
MAN is a South African docu-reality television series produced by African Renaissance Productions set in Cape Town which follows four single men and tests their audacity and awareness through a series of dates, interviews and experiences.
The show's tagline is: "Four Guys, One City, Three Million Women. Can They Handle It?"
MAN premiered on SABC3 on Friday 22 January 2010, at 21h30. New episodes air weekly. There are 13 half-hour episodes in the series.
Synopsis
Beneath her iconic mountain, Cape Town entertains a host of men, a myriad of personalities, and a multitude of perceptions.
Watch MAN as he comments, contemplates, and explores what the mother city has to offer. Follow him as he delves into her diverse inhabitants, and plays in her physical beauty.
MAN crafts a new genre of reality documentary film making for South African television, creating a contemporary series exploring 30-something’s, how they perceive themselves, their potential partners and subsequent interactions.
This series aims to open closed doors and broaden perspectives in its pursuit of a candid look at Cape Town’s contemporary man.
Each episode explores a different aspect of the male persona through a cast of four participants, with no previous television experience.
In a city where women outnumber men three to one, these four individuals test their audacity and awareness, through a series of dates, interviews and experiences.
The four characters give us an insight into why so many men in their 30’s are single. What influences Cape Town’s contemporary man? How does he interact, socialize, break the ice, mingle and pick-up? Through the characters, Man exposes the workings of Cape Town’s social mechanism.
Using local knowledge, lesser known locations and natural splendor coupled with its repute as a vibrant city, the viewer becomes acquainted with Cape Town as a fifth Character.
Every aspect of the show is local, from the cast, crew, and production, to the music. With 120 locations used to film MAN, the city is shown from multiple perspectives.
MAN is an unscripted reality-documentary; it cuts across race, religion, and culture. The insight it provides is controversial and dynamic, but most importantly, honest. The opinions expressed are uncensored, and the characters given carte blanche with their views and beliefs.
The dates are a product of the characters' resourcefulness and the unpredictable results give us a taste of what is quintessentially MAN.
Crew
Creative and Executive Producer
Michael Raimondo
Director
Grant Paul Roy
Editor
Jackie Viviers
Executive Producer
Wayne de Lange
Producer
Isabella de Villiers
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