Top African movies from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania will now be available on a new DStv channel Maisha Magic Movies. Local audiences on DStv Premium, Compact Plus and Compact can enjoy action, drama and thrillers from the east African countries. Maisha Magic Movies will be available on DStv channel 141 from Monday, 26 July.
The channel offers an exciting blend of bold authentic African movies by African producers and talent with narratives that excite and resonate with the audience. The unique offering is inspired by the Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian markets but will be available across the African continent.
The channel will showcase Africa’s honest modern-day view of our diverse movie industry and talent. As Africa’s most loved storyteller, DStv continues to be bold in delivering the best content the continent has to offer, while ensuring that we celebrate the way we live. This is a movie channel made in Africa for Africans by Africans
“The launch of this new channel is part of our ongoing efforts to enhance our customers’ television viewing experience and delight them with content that resonates. As circumstances require customers to spend more time at home, we are continuously looking for ways to find and develop the right mix of content that will deliver value to customers from different walks of life with different viewing interests. We will continue to delight our customers with local content delivered across a range of devices for our customers to enjoy, anytime and anywhere,” says Gidoen Khobane, Group Executive: General Entertainment at MultiChoice.
DStv customers are encouraged to stay connected and set their reminders as to not miss the the best in East African movies produced by renowned content curators, notably:
- Lovis Marcel Asimwe who started his career in 2008 and is known for his astounding productions entitled A reason to die (2012), Kiraurau (2015), Nambachi (2016), Mwisho wa hukumu (2020) and the reviting Kutu (2021) which aired on Tanzania’s Maisha Magic Bongo.
- Mulwinda Richard is an award-winning and most-nominated director and producer in Uganda’s movie industry. Richard started his career in 2006 and got his biggest career break in 2011 through his movie With Cindy and later in 2016 with Freedom Movie that scooped numerous awards both locally and internationally.
- Kang’ethe Mungai is a film producer, director and scriptwriter from Kenya. His notable films include the multi-award-winning World Tofauti that featured Avril (Judith Nyambura), one of Kenya’s top singers, songwriter and actress as well as prolific award-winning actor Innocent Njuguna. Who can forget the riveting action based Uradi (2021), which featured Kenya’s top actors such as Robert Agengo, Peter Kawa, Bilal Mwaura and Shiks Kapyenga.
