Xoliswa Sithole
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 Charlayne Hunter-Gaultand Sithole,Peabody Awardsceremony, May 2011 | |
| Born | 31 December 1968 |
| Education | University of Zimbabwe |
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| Awards | Peabody Award(2010);BAFTA Award(2011);BAFTA Award(2004) |
Xoliswa Sithole(born 31 December 1968) is a South African actress and documentary filmmaker, raised in Zimbabwe. she won aBAFTAin 2004 for her documentaryOrphans Of Nkandla.She won aPeabody Awardin 2010 and aBAFTAin 2011 for her documentaryZimbabwe's Forgotten Children.
Early life
[edit]Xoliswa Sithole was born in South Africa and raised in Zimbabwe after 1970. Her mother died from complications related toHIV/AIDSin 1995.[1]Her stepfather's cousin,Ndabaningi Sithole,was a founder of theZimbabwe African National Union(ZANU), and assassinated lawyer and politician Edison Sithole (1935–1975) was her cousin.[2]She earned a degree in English from theUniversity of Zimbabwein 1987.
Career
[edit]As a documentary filmmaker, Xoliswa Sithole created and starred inShouting Silent(2002, 2011), a film about her own family's experience with HIV/AIDS,[3][4]and directedZimbabwe's Forgotten Children(2010).[5]Zimbabwe's Forgotten Childrenwon a Peabody Award in 2010. She was associate producer onThe Orphans of Nkandla(2004), making Sithole the first South African woman to win aBAFTAaward.[6]Her films have regularly appeared on the programs at the African Film Festival New York, and other international film festivals.[7]In 1999, she was South Africa's ambassador at theCannes Film Festival.[8]
Sithole producedSouth Africa from Triumph to TransitionandMandelafor CNN Prime Time, and the seriesReal Livesfor South African television. Other film and television projects by Sithole includeChild of the Revolution(2005–2015),The First South African,Return to Zimbabwe,Martine and Thandeka(2009),South Africa's Lost Girls,andThe Fall(2016). "I have only one desire in life," she told interviewer Audrey McCluskey, "Only one – to create images that change the world."[9]
Acting appearances by Sithole include roles in the filmsCry Freedom(1987),Mandela(1987, television),Fools,andChikin Biznis.
References
[edit]- ^Elayne Fluker, "A Filmmaker Tackles a Taboo"Essence(August 2002): 94. viaProQuest.
- ^Xoliswa Sithole,"Zimbabwe's forgotten children, struggling to survive",BBC News(2 March 2010).
- ^Xoliswa Sithole,Women Make Movies.
- ^Charlayne Hunter-Gault,New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance(Oxford University Press, 2006).ISBN9780190292201.
- ^Gladys Ganiel,"Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children: Review of the Documentary by Xoliswa Sithole"Building a Church without Walls(22 March 2010).
- ^Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat and Kashiefa Ajam,"No room in the Jumbo for winning filmmaker"IOL(23 April 2005).
- ^Xoliswa Sithole,African Film Festival New York.
- ^Speaker profile: Xoliswa Sithole,World Affairs.
- ^Audrey T. McCluskey,The Devil You Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa(University of Illinois Press, 2010): 213.ISBN9780252091865
External links
[edit]- Xoliswa SitholeatIMDb
- Xoliswa Sitholeat theBritish Film Institute[better source needed]
- Xoliswa Sithole fact sheetat Nayanaya Pictures website.
- Xoliswa Sithole,There is a God in Everybody,interview video.
- Xoliswa Sithole speaks about how dreaming can set you free,video (5 August 2014).
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