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unusual facts about Shawn Slovo


Kas Graham

After working for Illeen Maisel at New Line, Kas Graham was mentored by the South African screenwriter Shawn Slovo through the Guiding Lights scheme.


Ruth First

The film A World Apart (1988), which has a screenplay by her daughter Shawn Slovo and was directed by Chris Menges, is a biographical story about a young white girl living in South Africa with anti-apartheid activist parents, although the family is called Roth in the film.


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Ruth First

The film Catch a Fire (2006), about the activist Patrick Chamusso, was written by Shawn Slovo and Ruth First is portrayed in the film by another daughter, Robyn Slovo, who was also one of the film's producers.