Another season for Blood & Water

Sitting on the Netflix top 10 charts, the South African Netflix series Blood & Water has managed to break barriers. It’s been renewed for a second season. The show had most audiences binge-watching just to see what would happen next.

The series was reportedly watched by over seven million viewers and exposed the world to the life of precocious private school teens. With the return of the show, Netflix will be using the same production crew, Gamit Films, to create another suspense-filled season.

Set in the city of Cape Town, it explores life at the elite Parkhurst College, a prestigious school for children who are wealthy and considered academic overachievers.

Sixteen-year-old Puleng Khumalo (Ama Qamata) orchestrates a transfer to the fancy school on a self-appointed task to get transferred to the school to investigate the 17-year-old cold case of her older sister, who was abducted at birth.

With Netflix making more local content, the success of the show was never anticipated and impressed many international and local audiences.

The beauty of the series is its wide appeal to the young and old alike. The renewal announcement is especially welcome during the celebration of Youth Month.

Durban-born director Nosipho Dumisa spoke about the impact that the show has had on the local film industry.

“Blood & Water’s success is a testament to the hard work put in towards expanding the African narrative in a new and exciting direction,” she said.

“It’s a privilege and a blessing to return to our beloved characters, as we delve further into the greater mystery and scandals of their world. It is about to get really messy.”

Dumisa has been previously nominated for Golden Horn Award for Best Achievement in Script in a Feature Film and continues to prove why she’s award-worthy.