Telling original African stories with African actors, and filmmakers is one of the strong suits of Netflix and that is what the new movie, Jewel is all about.
Premiering on Friday, July 8, 2022, Jewel is a Netflix Original movie that takes a deep dive and tells the compelling story of the Sharpeville massacre; an incident that occurred in March 1960 in the Black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa.
In the tragic incident, the police fired on a crowd of Black people, killing or wounding some 250 of them.
It was one of the first and most violent demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa.
The film is written and directed by Adze Ugah who is the brain behind other remarkable productions like Isibaya, Jacobs Cross, Mrs Right Guy and Shaka.
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