“The Problem with Black People” is a selection of writings by award-winning film-maker and social justice activist Angelo C Louw. Spanning his ten-year career as a columnist, this body of work unpacks the intricacies of race and race relations in contemporary South Africa through an intersectional lens. The first-time author, whose journalistic focus lies in the mainstreaming voices from the margins of society, uses his debut book to redress misconceptions about race and inequality through fact, and not popular opinion.
My filmmaking partner and I are starting a new film project. We’re turning the camera lens on journalist and activist Joseph Louw, whose much publicized exile due to the apartheid Immorality Act led to him being the only photographer to capture the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. While his images and name feature in many history books, little is known about the veteran journalist.
It is essential to capture Louw’s history, because it is one that, firstly, demonstrates the role South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle played in the greater global anti-racism movement, and secondly, honours that legacy of another great South African who was never celebrated for their success due to the apartheid regime.
Other projects
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Spearheaded the organisation's digital mobilisation project, as well as its hugely successful Pan-African anti-plastics campaign. Produced and directed several award-winning documentaries. Currently assisting project teams across the EMEA region.
Sexual health advocacy and awareness blogger focused on communities of colour and LGBTQ, both disproportionately affected by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Assisted Tagg during their transition from a regional to national online platform by joining as Assistant Editor for the publication. I also helped update to the magazine's style guidelines.
Headed the organisation's media and advocacy devision where I revised its communications strategy, quadrupling its media reach in just six months.
Edited this ground-breaking publication on a pro-bono basis for six months to help develop its production processes and public presence.
Formed part of the team tasked with developing creative outcomes-based content ahead of its launch at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia.
Headed up the digital leg of this two-year partnership between the United Nations Population Fund and loveLife, engaging rural communities in Eastern Cape and Free State, South Africa.
Managed this learning outcomes-based youth publication over four years; during which, I got the title registered at the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) and developed its online portal.
Ran the organisation's print and digital division between 2012 and 2013, developing some of loveLife's most groundbreaking multimedia campaigns and interventions.
