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Jyoti Mistry

Jyoti Mistry
Mistry in 2020
Born1970
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.[1] Her films explore the complexity of racial identity, multiculturalism and gender in modern South Africa through a decolonised lens.[2][3]

  1. ^ McCluskey, Audrey (1 October 2010). The Devil You Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa. University of Illinois Press. pp. 14, 102, 149. ISBN 978-0-252-09186-5.
  2. ^ "Jyoti Mistry". Screen Worlds. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  3. ^ Charlton, Ed (1 June 2021). Improvising Reconciliation: Confession after the Truth Commission. Liverpool University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-80034-480-8.

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