Xoliswa Sithole speaks about how dreaming can set you free.
Xoliswa is a BAFTA and Peabody award winning producer and filmmaker, born in Apartheid-era South Africa and raised in Zimbabwe. Recently invited to become a member of the British Film and Television Academy, she is also the first South African to be awarded a British Academy Television Award. She began her career as an actress, before moving on to working as a director and producer, garnering critical praise and multiple prestigious awards.
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Xoliswa Sithole is a BAFTA and Peabody award winning producer and filmmaker, born in Apartheid-era South Africa and raised in Zimbabwe. Recently invited to become a member of the British Film and Television Academy, she is also the first South African to be awarded a British Academy Television Award. She began her career as an actress, before moving on to working as a director and producer, garnering critical praise and multiple prestigious awards.
You can watch the trailer for Xoliswa's award-winning documentary, Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children, here.
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Are you doing work that changes the lives of people?
The more young people who are empowered to dream, the stronger our democracy will be and a stronger world we will have
Why shouldn't your domestic worker's child be a doctor?
Why should you sit and say "I am paying Tax, it's enough"?
When you look at artists, inventors, ordinary people — it always starts with a dream.
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Hosted by
FADA Gallery
17 Bunting Road, Auckland Park
Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa 2006
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Partners
Nicework
Brand Council SA
Vovo Telo 44 Stanley
DoubleShot
Videographer Kyle Goulden
Photographer lingo rodrigues
