REHAD DESAI

PRODUCER & DIRECTOR

Rehad Desai is a Cape Town-born filmmaker who returned from exile in 1990 and now lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. Rehad has a Masters in History and began making documentaries in 1998. He formed Uhuru Productions in 2003 and has been the driving force behind the company ever since. Rehad Desai is also the Chairperson of the Human Rights Media Trust, formed in 2004.

Over the course of his time as a filmmaker, he has conceived and produced over 20 documentary films, many of which he has directed or co-directed. Six of these films have been feature length documentaries, produced with significant international participation and have received critical acclaim and wide festival take-up.
Rehad Desai is the founder director of the Tri Continental Human Rights Film Festival.

ANITA KHANNA

PRODUCER & WRITER

Anita Khanna has scripted and produced the company’s multi award winning documentaries (Born into Struggle, Bushman’s Secrets, Miners Shot Down). Anita Khanna produced and co-directed the Alexandra My Alexandra history documentary series and wrote and produced an award winning feminist drama series, Mating Game (SABC).

Anita has been a jury member at the Durban International Film Festival and at One World Human Rights Film Festival, Prague. She was the Outreach Director of the first satellite version of the Good Pitch that took place in Johannesburg in 2011. Anita is also the current director (since 2012) of the Tri Continental Documentary Film Festival and watches hundreds of documentaries each year to put together a programme that speaks to the most urgent issues facing southern African audiences with a view to developing new audiences for documentary.
Anita Khanna is also an award winning Impact Producer (BritDoc Impact Award 2015).

MEGAN GILL

EDITOR

Megan Gill is a South African-based editor and in a career spanning 20 years, Mega has worked on a wealth of television and film productions including documentaries Miners Shot Down which garnered 28 awards, as well as an Emmy for Best International Documentary and the Golden Horn at the SAFTA’s for editing The Giant is Falling. Most recently Megan Gill edited the critically-acclaimed film Eye in the Sky starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman.
Megan also edited Tsotsi, Rendition, Otelo Burning, X-Men Origins and Wolverine amongst many more.

JABU MZOZO

Assistant Editor

Jabulani Mzozo holds a diploma in the performing arts, majoring in Directing for theatre as well as an NQF6 national certificate in Film and Television Production from Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking. Jabu Mzozo joined Uhuru productions in 2012 where he has worked on many projects including the Emmy award-winning Miners Shot Down (junior editor & post production supervisor) and the series Alexandra my Alexandra (main assistant editor & post production supervisor). Jabu was also the co-director and video editor on the film The Giant is Falling which won Best South African Documentary at the Joburg Film Festival and has been nominated for a South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA).

Jabu Mzozo has done editing work on various drama series titles including Hustle (e.tv), Keeping Score (SABC2) and Play Your Part. He is currently directing an episode of Uhuru’s documentary series Story of a Small Town and is one of the editors and post production supervisor on the film, Everything Must Fall.

Consulting Producers

Helle Faber
Bhekizizwe Peterson
Brian Tilley

Editors

Steen Johannessen
Menno Boerema
Kerryn Assaizky
Reuben van der Hammen

Outreach Coordinator

Bheki Buthelezi