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Films with meaning<br />
Like for many people, last year was a whirlwind for 33-year-old award-winning former<br />
Durban-based documentarian and Greenpeace Africa digital mobilisation officer, Angelo C<br />
Louw. His was somewhat of a good whirlwind however ... filled with awards and accolades!<br />
Text: Bronwyn forbes-hardinge<br />
Angelo has been singled out as one of the most influential young professionals on the continent by The Young<br />
Independents Southern African Development Community Top 100 for 2019. His Greenpeace documentary, Gutted: The<br />
Fight of Kalk Bay Fishers, has won multiple awards in film festivals from New York to Nigeria.<br />
The film’s selection in the second annual uMgungundlovu Film Festival was a full-circle moment for the first-time filmmaker<br />
from Randburg, whose interest in movie making began when he interned at a local newspaper in Durban (his former<br />
hometown) 10 years ago.<br />
“I spent weekends trying to make videos for their website. I wasn’t trained and would struggle for hours trying to figure out<br />
the software. Looking back, I wasn’t very good at it, but if I hadn’t pushed on, I’d have never known what it felt like to have<br />
people all over the world watching and enjoying my work,” he says.<br />
14 Get It • <strong>Highway</strong> • Berea • Durban North February 20<strong>21</strong>
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