Dr Lwazi Manzi-Executive Producer, Spier Films

Lwazi worked in the emergency room at Somerset West Hospital in the Western Cape for twelve years before taking the leap into film producing. She joined Spier films as an Executive Producer in 2018. 

Her first foray into the industry was as producer of the groundbreaking and controversial  film Of Good Report in 2013. 

More recently Lwazi co-produced An Act of Defiance, a film about freedom fighter Braam Fischer.  

She is also a founding member of Sisters Working in Film And Television (SWIFT) an organisation committed to empowering women working in the industry.

Lwazi is also a co- chairperson of The South African Screen Federation(SASFED)

We chatted about her journey from medicine into film, the role of a film producer, the challenges of making a movie and her desire to change the narrative and content of south African film.

Find out more about Sisters Working in Film & Television(SWIFT) here.

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