Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Documentary Series, Docu-Drama, History, Religion
This eight-episode series illuminates the remarkable history, perplexing mysteries and legendary journeys behind some of the world's most sacred and holy relics including objects of immortality, holy riches and revered monuments.
Learn fascinating details about the one-of-a-kind wonders worshipped by various cultures and sought after by everyone from emperors, popes and tyrants to generals, archaeologists and treasure hunters.
Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid shares incredible tales of faith, devotion, and divine intervention tied to coveted objects such as the Ark of the Covenant, Noah's Ark, the Holy Grail, the Fountain of Youth, the Mayan Calendar, the Philosopher's Stone, the Crown of Thorns, and more.
Hosted and narrated by Quaid, each hour-long episode combines immersive storytelling with recreations, archival footage and expert interviews to delve deep into the enigmatic origins and profound power behind each artifact.
Historians, authors and professors of archaeology and religious studies shed light on the impact of these blessed belongings from cultures and religions around the world and the compelling stories each item and its location hold.
In the series premiere, "Where Ark Thou?": In the Bible there are two Arks, each designed by God himself.
Both the Ark of the Covenant and Noah's Ark were built to protect, before they were lost to history, and researchers have been searching for both for centuries.
Did either exist, and if so, where could they be?
Sugarcane
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Documentary
A tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life – Sugarcane, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths – and the love that endures within their families despite the revelation of genocide.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves near an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada sparked a national outcry about the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at this network of segregated boarding schools designed to slowly destroy the culture and social fabric of Indigenous communities.
When Kassie - a journalist and filmmaker - asked her old friend and colleague, NoiseCat, to direct a film documenting the Williams Lake First Nation investigation of St Joseph's Mission, she never imagined just how close this story was to his own family.
As the investigation continued, Emily and Julian traveled back to the rivers, forests and mountains of his homelands to hear the myriad stories of survivors.
During production, Julian's own story became an integral part of this beautiful multi-stranded portrait of a community.
By offering space, time and profound empathy the directors unearthed what was hidden.
Kassie and NoiseCat encountered both the extraordinary pain these individuals had to suppress as a tool for survival and the unique beauty of a group of people finding the strength to persevere.
Blink
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary
When three of their four children are diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment, the Pelletier family's world changes forever.
In the face of this life-altering news, Edith Lemay, Sébastien Pelletier and their children set out on a trip around the world to experience all its beauty while they still can.
As they fill their memories with breathtaking destinations and once-in-a-lifetime encounters, the family's love, resilience and unshakeable sense of wonder ensure that their uncertain future does not define their present.
Top of the Lake
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 22h30
Genre: Drama, Miniseries, Mystery
Mystery drama miniseries written by Jane Campion and set in New Zealand, which follows a detective investigating the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl who finds herself mired knee-deep in dark, disturbing small-town secrets.
The series is a haunting mystery that centres on the disappearance of a 12-year-old named Tui Mitcham who is five months pregnant, who walks into a freezing New Zealand lake... then disappears.
Investigative detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) returns home to investigate, but it's not a simple missing persons case.
In this breathtaking but remote mountain town, there are evil forces as powerful as the land itself.
And those who offer a glimpse of paradise also provide a path to hell.
Trapped where happiness and honest work are just out of reach, Griffin must not only find the girl but also face her own haunting past.
She must lose herself in order to find the missing girl.
During the investigation, she collides with Matt Mitcham, Tui's father, a local drug lord; and GJ (Holly Hunter), a guru at a local women's camp.
As the case unfolds, in a paradise where honest work is hard to find, Robin will find that her limits are tested, sending her on a journey of self-discovery.
With the men that she once left behind now standing in her way, every step closer to solving the case unearths a dangerous truth about herself.
TVSA Show Page: Top of the Lake
Jesus Crown of Thorns
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 21h05
Genre: Docu-Drama, Religion, Thriller
Produced by the creators of The Last Czars, this docu-drama series reimagines Jesus Christ's story as a gripping political thriller.
Jesus Crown of Thorns sets his life and mission in the context of the intense political backdrop in which Jesus Christ emerged as a revolutionary figure who dared to challenge the status quo.
Born into a divided land, Jesus and his family are forced to flee a bloodthirsty king, but when they return, Jesus falls under the spell of a charismatic rebel leader ready to risk everything and inherits his radical mission.
What If...? 3
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01 (daily)
Genre: Superhero, Sci-Fi, Animation, Adventure, Anthology
Final season!
The Watcher continues the journey as our guide through the vast multiverse, introducing brand-new and familiar faces throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments with a voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their iconic roles.
What If...? returns in Season 3 for its culminating adventure through the multiverse.
Watch classic characters make unexpected choices that will mutate their worlds into spectacular alternate versions of the MCU.
The Watcher will guide viewers as the series traverses new genres, bigger spectacles and incredible new characters.
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