Jyoti Mistry

Jyoti Mistry
Mistry in 2020
Born1970 (age 55–56)
Durban, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Honours degree in Comparative Literature
New York University, Masters in Cinema Studies with a Certificate in Culture and Media; PhD in Cinema Studies
Known forfilm directing, installation art and scholarly writing/teaching
AwardsAssociation of International Film Schools Teaching Award (2016)

Jyoti Mistry (born 1970) is a South African film director, installation artist, teacher and scholar of Indian ancestry. Her films explore the complexity of racial identity, multiculturalism and gender in modern South Africa through a decolonised lens.

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