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Reyka (2021)

Reyka poster
Genre
drama television series, police television drama
Country
South Africa
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A South African police detective with a traumatic past investigates a series of murders in a sugarcane farming community. She must confront her own history while hunting a killer.

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What happens

Reyka, released as The Cane Field Killings in some countries, is a South African crime thriller television series created and written by Rohan Dickson. It is an M-Net original production co-produced by Quizzical Pictures and Serena Cullen Productions for subscription television channel M-Net, released in July 2021. Reyka was also co-produced for international distribution by Fremantle. The series received eight nominations at the 2022 South African Film and Television Awards, winning four, including Best Actress in a TV Drama for Kim Engelbrecht. It also received two 2022 International Emmy Award nominations for Best Drama and Best Performance by an Actress. Reyka was renewed for a second season by M-Net in November 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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