Showmax is proud to announce Black & Blue, an original police-based mockumentary series, premiering on 6 November.<\/p>\n
In a bold attempt to rebrand themselves and better appeal to the public, the Kenyan Police enlists a civilian as an Officer Commanding Station (OCS).<\/p>\n
This new OCS brings a unique civilian perspective to policing, turning things upside down at the experimental pilot station.<\/p>\n
A documentary team is hired to follow them and document the process, but inadvertently reveals the shenanigans the police get up to behind the scenes as they grapple with adjusting to the new reforms.<\/p>\n
Kalasha winner Gitura Kamau (Lusala) stars as the charismatic OCS. The talented ensemble cast includes Lydia Gitachu (Kina), Kalasha winner Annstella Karimi (Baba Twins, Sue na Jonnie), Collins Koyo (Asha), Hillary Wamiti (Sense8), Andrew Ng\u2019ang\u2019a (Escape from Mogadishu), Dennis Mutisya (Varshita, Shanga), Mwajuma Belle (Poacher, The Call), and Lawrence Kimani (Varshita, Njoro wa Uba).<\/p>\n
Produced by Yare Picture Studio, Black & Blue is helmed by Abdi Shuria and King \u2018Mushking\u2019 Muriuki (who both also directed the Showmax Original titles Igiza and Faithless).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea for Black & Blue came to me as I reflected on my numerous interactions with the Kenyan police, which, in the past, have not always been positive,\u201d says Shuria.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have always believed that where there is tragedy, there is also humour. For me, humour is cathartic \u2013 it\u2019s like a stress relief. I asked myself, \u2018How can I take these negative experiences and inject humour into them as a tool to explore, discuss, and entertain?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mockumentary format allowed us to explore the world of Kenyan policing in a lighthearted and entertaining way, while still shedding light on everyday topics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Black & Blue<\/strong> is the ninth Showmax Original series released in Kenya in 2024, following the success of recent titles such as reality show Nai-Rich and Kenya\u2019s first sci-fi series, Subterranea.<\/p>\n Watch Black & Blue exclusively on Showmax from November 6 2024, with new episodes every Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n The post \u201cBlack & Blue\u201d mockumentary to premiere November 6<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post \u201cBlack & Blue\u201d mockumentary to premiere November 6<\/a> appeared first on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Showmax is proud to announce Black & Blue, an original police-based mockumentary series, premiering on 6 November. In a bold attempt to rebrand themselves and better appeal to the public, the Kenyan Police enlists a civilian as an Officer Commanding Station (OCS). This new OCS brings a unique civilian perspective to policing, turning things upside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}