Showmax is gearing as much as launch Tiek Tok Boem!, a documentary set to premiere on 18 February 2025.
The documentary dives into the world of Afrikaans TikTokers and their “Drama Lives”[1][3]. These lives typically push the platform to disturbing ranges.
AFRIKAANS TIKTOK
TikTok, which was as soon as recognized for dance challenges and memes, has a brand new wave of Afrikaans TikTokers dominating the scene, in accordance with Actor Spaces.
These stay streams embrace cyberbullying, substance abuse, and specific language. Some streams have even led to live-streamed suicide makes an attempt.
Tiek Tok Boem! is created by Rian van Heerden and Provoco, the workforce behind Sex in Afrikaans.
TOP TIKTOK PERSONALITIES
The documentary focuses on controversial TikTok handles, together with:
- Christiaan Otto (Christiaan met 2 A’s): 300k followers
- Amelda Claassen (Queen Amelda): 80k followers
- Leigh Pascheka Husselman (Leigh Pasheka): 65k+ followers
- Johnny van Rensburg (King Binlaken): 50k+ followers
- Teresa van der Bergh (Terrible Tess): 35k+ followers
Together, these TikTokkers have over 100 million views.
Rian van Heerden says that Tiek Tok Boem! explores how TikTok has reworked the lives of Afrikaans TikTokers, lined their pockets, and pushed some to the sting.
According to Rian, a number of the TikTokkers are incomes hundreds of Rands per week going stay on TikTok, even after TikTok takes its minimize. “It’s raining money out there on social media,” he provides.
Heerden says that the time period “The Colosseum” stored arising when relating to those Drama Lives. He likens the drama to gladiatorial battles in historic Rome, which entertain the plenty at any price, in accordance with Showmax Stories.
“It’s a chilling look at the dark side of fame in the TikTok age, raising the question: where is the line between fame and catastrophe?”
THE AFRIKAANS CULTURE
Heerden is intrigued by why this phenomenon has exploded in Afrikaans culture. “It looks like in South Africa, it’s extra of an Afrikaans factor.
Why do Afrikaans folks have interaction in this sort of behaviour – cyberbullying one another, stirring battle – and why can we reward them with cash and fame for doing it?”
He says that essentially the most surprising factor he uncovered whereas filming the documentary was “absolutely the hatred that the majority of those controversial TikTokkers obtain within the feedback part, in accordance with Foot Notes.
It virtually felt inhuman”.
DIGITAL STARDOM
Other interviewees within the documentary embrace Devilsdorp star Marizka Coetzer and social media influencer Themba Robin. Comedian and author Melanie du Toit and psychologist Sanam Naran additionally star within the movie.
They supply perception into the cultural and psychological influence of this new wave of digital stardom.
“It is a disaster waiting to happen,” says Coetzer within the trailer. “You’re just waiting for it to blow up”.
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