Don Edkins is a South African documentary filmmaker and producer based in Cape Town. He has produced documentary film anthologies that have been broadcast around the world, such as Steps for the Future (2001), Why Democracy? (2007), Why Poverty? (2012), and Generation Africa (2022), earning multiple international awards. He is currently producing Generation Africa 2.0, a documentary film project for African filmmakers from 21 countries on climate change and environmental justice. He is Executive Producer of AfriDocs, a free-to-view VOD platform across Africa that screens the best African documentary films.
Sessions & Appearances
Fri 5 Jun
13:30 · Centre for Humanities Research, UWC (Woodstock)
Filmmaking as Reparative Practice
A panel discussion for filmmakers, community members, healers looking at how the act of telling your story can assist in the processes of grief and trauma.
Featured Work
an open field
2025
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38
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African
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Short
After the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed his brother, filmmaker Teboho Edkins returns to the site, where grief, ritual, and landscape transform an open field…