Blood Psalms’ co-creator Layla Swart on shooting local stories on a competitive international level |22 September 2022
As announced (11 August 2022), Actor Spaces and Showmax have partnered to open up the industry, with new masterclasses coming to YouTube every second Thursday from August into October 2022. Each masterclass will be followed within a week by an Instagram Live for aspiring actors to ask the featured speaker follow-up questions.
Layla Swart, with Jahmil XT Qubeka, was responsible for South Africa’s 2020 Oscar entry Knuckle City. The boxing drama was the most awarded film at the 2020 SAFTAs, where it took home six awards, including Best Director for Qubeka and Best Editor for Swart, as well as the most nominated film at the 2020 Africa Movie Academy Awards, where it won two awards. Now, they’re finally ready to unveil Africa’s most ambitious series yet, Blood Psalms, and what it takes to shoot locally relevant stories for the competitive international stage.
For more information on the specific topics, read Actor Tools | Shooting local stories on a competitive international level here.
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