
While You Weren't Looking
Drama
Overview
Dez and Terri, a mixed-race couple married 20 years and adoptive parents, they are the trailblazing lesbians of the New South Africa. But, have these freedoms guaranteed them happiness? Asanda, their 18 year old adopted daughter, is the poster child for South Africa’s diversity but describes herself as “an experiment”, being made up as she goes along. She meets Shado, an enigmatic Tommy Boy from Khayalitsha, a township on the edge of Cape Town, and a different picture of the New South Africa emerges.
Top Cast


Camilla Waldman
Camilla Waldman
Terri
Camilla Waldman
Terri


Sandi Schultz
Sandi Schultz
Dez
Sandi Schultz
Dez


Fezile Mpela
Fezile Mpela
Joe Thulo
Fezile Mpela
Joe Thulo


Lionel Newton
Lionel Newton
Mack
Lionel Newton
Mack


Petronella Tshuma
Petronella Tshuma
Asanda
Petronella Tshuma
Asanda


Thishiwe Ziqubu
Thishiwe Ziqubu
Shado
Thishiwe Ziqubu
Shado


Tina Jaxa
Tina Jaxa
Milly Thulo
Tina Jaxa
Milly Thulo


Jill Levenberg
Jill Levenberg
Yasmin
Jill Levenberg
Yasmin


Terence Bridgett
Terence Bridgett
Tiny
Terence Bridgett
Tiny
Pascual Wakefield
Pascual Wakefield
Greg
Pascual Wakefield
Greg
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