11 April 2023
Against All Odds: The Alwyn Uys Story (2022)
Against All Odds: The Alwyn Uys Story tells the story of former rugby player Alwyn Uys, who had a life-changing accident in 2014 that left him paralysed from the waist down. But Alwyn was never going to sit still. In 2020, he became the first-ever paraplegic to swim from Robben Island to Eden on the Bay in the Western Cape. Against All Odds tells the story of how Alwyn overcame adversity and became an inspiration to many.
True-crime documentary Stella tells the tale of a tragedy
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