IF YOU look out into the veld at the intersection of the N2 highway and Baden Powell Drive, which takes you to Stellenbosch, you will notice something out of place.Lurking in the fynbos vegetation are two large, wooden sailing ships with their crow’s nests exposed to the wind. Your first thought is that someone has built a theme park in the middle of nowhere.The two ships are fantastical, but for a different reason. They are part of the set of Black Sails, a US television series that seeks to compete in the Game of Thrones space. Black Sails is a production of the US Broadcaster Starz Entertainment and is the first high-end television series of its kind to be filmed in Africa.Facilitated by local production company Film Afrika, it represents a major breakthrough for South Africa.The first series is, to use the movie jargon, “in the can” and the green light has been given for the second series to be shot on the lot of the Cape Town Film Studios.With the advent of high-definition tele...
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