Ntwakgolo transforms from documentary to TV series

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Ntwakgolo, a documentary drama that aims to empower and educate Batswana on issues relating to HIV/AIDS will now air as a TV drama series with interlinked episodes.

Dee Zone Production Marketing Manager, Vincent Tiro, told Showbiz that Ntwakgolo has been received with mixed reactions mainly because of its edutainment approach.  He said the documentary drama also aims to influence desired HIV/AIDS behavioural change in the country.

“The edutainment meant combining the drama with experts and public interviews and it was these interviews, which caused these mixed reactions because some viewers didn’t want them at all but only wanted drama.  Originally Ntwakgolo’s structure was such that it included a drama and public/expert interviews hence it being labelled a documentary drama,” he said.

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