by Thinus Ferreira
Netflix South Africa started off its content promotion for 2024 with a screening of a new drug boss miniseries Griselda, with Sofia Vergara in the main role, on Wednesday evening in Johannesburg.
Eclipse Communications which does the PR for Netflix in South Africa didn't bother to communicate anything about it.
Dressed in 70s-inspired attire, South African actors and producers who have worked with Netflix on its South African productions, as well as others, attended the Griselda screening like Connie Ferguson and her daughter Lesedi Ferguson, Kgomotso Christopher, Zola, Nombona, Zikhona Sodlaka, Tony Kgoroge, Sonia Mbele and Rami Chuene.
Griselda, with Sofia Vergara as executive producer and in the lead role, is based on the life of the notorious Griselda Blanco who created a drug cartel during the 70s and 80s in Miami where she became known as "the Godmother of Cocaine".
The Colombian-American crime drama, created by the Narcos and Narcos: Mexico showrunner Eric Newman, has 6 episodes and was filmed in 2022 in Los Angeles.
