Lwazi Mvusi
Writing
Biography
Born and raised in Durban, Lwazi Mvusi moved to Johannesburg to study film at AFDA. Then she went on to do her Honours in Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand and then a Master of Arts degree in Film at Wits. She mostly worked as a writer for television and made a short film with the NFVF’S Women in Film slate, THE STATE (2013). Her first feature film FAREWELL ELLA BELLA premiered in competition at the Zanzibar International Film Festival and Durban International Film Festival.
Known For
After a public humiliation, a wannabe influencer enrolls in a small-town university, where she aspires to regain her social status.
Miseducation
While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.
Seriously Single
The journalist Aluta finds herself unfolding a government conspiracy involving her father figure Frank Drake, a corrupt mine magnate.
Uncovered
For Ella, the death of her alcoholic father leaves her with nothing but debt and the bitter memory of a complicated past. Abandoned by her mother at a young age, she has sacrificed her life, opportunities, and love to care for a man she resents, but is now left adrift in the world after his passing. The re-emergence of her nomadic godfather at her father’s cremation gives Ella the opportunity to discover a better future for herself in Johannesburg.