Each episode of ORDINARY PEOPLE chronicles an event in South Africa through the eyes of three or four "ordinary" people. Some events are large in scope, others less momentous, but through these individuals of diverse backgrounds and dissimilar points of view, each program provides insight into the collective South African conscience and the problems confronting a fragile and evolving new society.

Titles in the ORDINARY PEOPLE series:

 

 

• The Accused

 

 

• The Audition

 

 

• The Bureaucrats

 

 

• City of Dreams

 

 

• A Day with the President

 

 

• Following On

 

 

• A History Lesson

 

 

• Hunters

 

 

• If Truth Be Told

 

 

• Land Affairs

 

 

• The Lawyer, The Farmer and The Clerk

 

 

• The Maiden Speech

 

 

• Make Believe

 

 

• The Mass

 

 

• Mommy's Prize

 

 

• The Night Shift

 

 

• One Night Stand

 

 

• The Other Side

 

 

• The Peacemakers

 

 

• The Penalty Area

 

 

• Sakkie Sakkie, Not Toyi Toyi

 

 

• School Days

 

 

• Sebokeng by Night

 

 

• Sexy Friday

 

 

• The Shift

 

 

• Stepping Out

 

 

• Surfing Home

 

 

• Think Dog!

 

 

• The Tooth of the Times

 

 

• The Trial

 

 

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

 

 

• Vic's Last Show

 

 

• A Wedding Video

 

 

For information on the complete series, please inquire, or visit the Ordinary People website at http://www.mg.co.za/mg/mgtv.

Please inquire about series prices.

Each episode (except where noted):
27 minutes / color
Sale/video: $190
Rental/video: $50

"No staging, no setups: just the heartening reality of Ordinary People doing their best... Extraordinary, as clean as a scalpel's cut, and every bit as incisive."—Basckin, Sunday Tribune (Durban)

"An astonishing chronicle."—Roy Christie, The Star (Johannesburg)

"This is what television is all about."—John Scott, Cape Times (Cape Town)

"Recommended for academic libraries seeking to expand their collections on South African history or culture, or black studies."—Video Rating Guide for Libraries