Jyoti Mistry | |
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Mistry in 2020 | |
Born | 1970 Durban, South Africa |
Alma mater | University 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 for | film directing, installation art and scholarly writing/teaching |
Awards | Association 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]