Thandiwe Dlamini

South Africa · Southern Africa

Cape Town-based filmmaker exploring township life through an Afrofuturist lens. Thandiwe's hybrid approach uses real performances shot on location in Khayelitsha, extended into otherworldly AI environments that challenge Western sci-fi aesthetics.

AfrofuturismSocial CommentaryHybrid Production

Filmography

18 min

Hybrid Film

Khayelitsha Futures

Thandiwe Dlamini

Township life in 2045 — a drama about a grandmother navigating a world her grandchildren have built with AI.

Southern Africa

RunwayMidjourney

Courses & Workshops

Ethical and Cultural Storytelling with AI

All Levels

Free

Ethical and Cultural Storytelling with AI

Thandiwe Dlamini

Who owns an AI-generated African story? How do we represent culture without exploitation? This course tackles the ethical terrain every AI filmmaker must navigate.

14 lessons

5 hours

1,560

AI Tools

RunwayMidjourneyDaVinci ResolveComfyUI

Films5

Courses1

RegionSouthern Africa