Filming ‘Blood Psalms’, “was fascinating”, series cast discuss

Premiering today, (Sept, 28th) is Showmax fantasy series ‘Blood Psalms’.

The series was announced in August accompanied by an action packed trailer. Blood Psalms is a co-production of Showmax and CANAL+.

Blood Psalms boasts a star-studded cast that includes the likes of S’dumo Mtshali, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Warren Masemola, Thando Thabethe, Sello Maake ka Ncube, Mothusi Magano, Zolisa Xaluva, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa and Zikhona Sodlaka.

One thing that was brilliant for us was no use of an English word, whatsoever,” says legendary actor Sello.

That was a big challenge, even for a lot of actors, you know, because most of the time we are used to performing and doing a mixture of African languages and English.

This time, the dialogue is purely in African languages.” 

SELLO MAAKE

For Africans, mostly, our history goes back 200 years,”

That’s what we’ve been given, and it’s from Western perspectives. We really don’t know anything much about our own history.

So Blood Psalms poses a lot of questions and will give people a lot to think about.”

Bokang Phelane, (Plays Princess Zazi)

The Show is created by Layla Swart and Jahmil X.T.

What we’re trying to do is to reclaim the continent’s history from an African perspective, Blood Psalms draws from elements of a multitude of African mythologies and looks at various different tribes in Season 1 – the Akachi, the Uchawi, the Ku’ua, the Chini, and Great Nziwemabwe – as they migrated south from Kemet, which is now Egypt, and formed their cultures“,

SWART LAYLA

Storyline –In Ancient Africa, one thousand years after the fall of Atlantis, the five surviving houses of Kemet find themselves beset with fears of a prophesied end of days. 

Blood Psalms premieres on Showmax today, with new episodes every Wednesday for 11 weeks.