Dlala Nathi Productions Engages the S.A Film Industry to Be Inclusive and Progressive in a Partnership with The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and PESP Initiative for Filmmakers Living With Disabilities.
Sizi Keke 
It goes without saying that the South African Film Industry is one to be reckoned with globally, an esteemed industry that has emerged and broken many boundaries while lending itself to be the bigger voice for the average South African.
With such incredible strides across the entertainment board, there is room for the industry structure in itself to be more diversified. An industry that lends itself to be the unabated voice for regular South Africans needs to be very aware of the wholistic voice that sometimes rings silent…the voice of creatives who are living with disabilities.
Dlala Nathi Productions has with much support from the government started to pave the way for conscious inclusion and investment in Film Skills Development for Creatives with Disabilities in an attempt to open up the industry. This is an important and big call as there is extensive work that still needs to be done in the creative sector to include differently abled personnel. Both on and off screen, as well as in content and work force, there is a need to have an integrated film industry that is organically inclusive and pivots as a progressive example to many nations.
The work, has fortunately started to happen through the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme which is facilated by the NFVF and is headed by Dlala Nathi Productions in creating fruitful platforms to identify, upskill and establish creatives with disabilities in the film industry. The latest program calls out for any creative living with a disability who has a keen and backable interest in the film industry to be trained and mentored into the different job descriptions by industry professionals through a four-month course, all expenses paid and accessible to your requirements.
By Sizi Keke
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