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An Alumni for Berlin and Durban Talent Campus, she has worked on various film sets including her own written and directed short fiction films “Goodbye”, “Every Woman Knows”, “Soldier”, “Buried” and “Her Nyari”. | An Alumni for Berlin and Durban Talent Campus, she has worked on various film sets including her own written and directed short fiction films “Goodbye”, “Every Woman Knows”, “Soldier”, “Buried” and “Her Nyari”. | ||
Her current film “Woman On Hold” won her Women of the Year in Film. It opened in CPH doc; Helsinki Film Festival and it won Diploma of Merit at the 2015 Tampere Film Festival | ==Awards== | ||
Her current film “Woman On Hold” won her Women of the Year in Film. It opened in CPH doc; Helsinki Film Festival and it won Diploma of Merit at the 2015 Tampere Film Festival. | |||
==Activism== | |||
Chisi is fervent campaigner and supporter of human rights. She is also a Mandela Washington Fellow for 2015. She has used film as an advocacy and campaign tool, empowering women to find and use their own voices. | |||
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