First Contact (1983 film)
"First Contact" is the first documentary in what later became known as "The Highland Trilogy". The other two films are "Joe Leahy's Neighbours" (1989) and "Black Harvest" (1992). These three films, between them, have won some thirty major awards, included each film winning both the Grand Prix at the Festival Cinéma du Réel in Paris and AFI Award for Best Documentary.
Beverley Palesa Ditsie
Ditsie has worked as an actress and director in television since 1980, making her the first black female child star in Television. In the late 1990s, she was in the reality show, "Livewire - Communities", and was the only black lesbian on the show. She has also written, directed and consulted in over 20 Documentaries, screened nationally and Internationally. Her first documentary film, "Simon and I" (2001), won a number of Audience Awards, including the 2004 Oxfam/Vues d’ Afrique best documentary, Montreal, Canada. The story of "Simon and I" is autobiographical, following her "personal and political journey" with Nkoli. Her film uses both interviews and archival material.