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Press Release
28 January 2004
Get Ready to ‘Flush’
Toilets and the people that
use them! Flush, a
fascinating 2-part documentary,
produced by the team behind
the controversial Below
the Belt, will be broadcast
on SABC 3 in the month of February.
Flush, part of the
channel’s Expressions
slot examines the most private,
taboo and yet most basic and
universal of places: The Toilet.
It explores, often tongue in
cheek, the human condition via
that most awkward of little
rooms.
The documentary is produced
by Underdog Entertainment -
no strangers to controversy
- having created the daring
late night series, Below
the Belt. Widely respected
for the quality of the company’s
documentary work, Flush
is helmed by award-winning director
Luiz DeBarros (Metamorphosis,
Death, By Night).
The documentary takes a look
at the unusual and fascinating
things we do in toilets, from
reading to having sex. We’ll
take an irreverent peek at public
toilets, cultural perspectives
on the loo, toilet décor
and gender issues. Flush
examines the joys of kitsch
toilet décor and explores
many of the bizarre attitudes
our society and diverse cultures
attach to the loo.
Says director Luiz DeBarros,
“The first question everyone
asks is,’ why a documentary
on toilets?’, but once
you start talking about the
subject, you can’t get
people to stop! The toilet is
an integral part of our lives
- it intimately reflects our
values, culture and preoccupations”,
he adds.
Flush combines interviews
with both everyday and extraordinary
people on their toilet experiences,
together with profiles of unusual
toilets, and a smattering of
loo history. It’s an energetic,
cutting-edge social documentary
that will entertain, challenge
and inform by re-assessing everyday
perceptions and attitudes towards
the common toilet.
Episode 1 of Flush
will be broadcast on Tuesday
the 10th of February at 10pm
and Episode 2 will be screened
on Tuesday the 17th of February.
ENDS
Print quality publicity images
are available on request. For
more information please contact
one of the following:
Isabel van Niekerk at Underdog:
Tel: (011) 214-4000 / E-Mail:
isabel@underdog.co.za
Michael van Dyk at SABC:
Tel: (011) 714 6863 / E-Mail:
vandykm@sabc.co.za
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