We tell stories that matter - about socially and culturally relevant human interest subjects.
What we do
Southern Exposure produces television programming that includes dramas, documentaries and series. It offers scriptwriting and script-development services and training in screenwriting and documentary production. It also provides innovative, cost-effective and creative corporate communication.
The company is registered on the Central Supplier Database and is certified as an Essential Services Provider.
About us
Southern Exposure came into existence in 1989, initially for the work of Peter Goldsmid, screenwriter-director of the multi-award-winning feature film, The Road to Mecca (starring Oscar-winner Kathy Bates). Its first production was the popular prime-time legal drama series Justice for All, made with Peter’s partner and wife, creative producer, screenwriter and script editor, Margaret Goldsmid. Three more series of Justice for All followed. The company has won numerous awards, most notably for its mini-series, Riemvasmaak (about forced removals under apartheid) and Difficult Love, a documentary Peter made with lesbian activist Zanele Muholi. Peter has won Best Script Awards for two of his feature scripts and, most recently, for Natiki, an animation short film script.
More recent work includes co-production and co-direction of a feature documentary on South African Icon, human rights lawyer, George Bizos (2022) and a short film on land rights for the Alliance for Rural Democracy. Our Land (2022) was Runner-Up in the Ster-Kinekor Youth Experience Award at the Encounters International Film Festival in 2023.
Southern Exposure has just delivered a prime time True Crime series on femicides for SABC 3, a channel of the national broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation. DAVID KLATZOW LOOKING INTO DARKNESS is hosted by David Klatzow, the country’s leading independent forensic investigator. It is scheduled for broadcast later in 2025.
See the series promo at https://vimeo.com/1053112458?ts=0&share=copy (Password: Klatzow0)