Calvin Ratladi
Producer, director and actor
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Johannesburg (South Africa)
Calvin Ratladi is a South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) winning artist (2022) based in Johannesburg. Calvin works as a freelance producer, director, and actor for the Calvin Ratladi Foundation, the South African Theatre Village and William Kentridge’s Centre for the Less Good Idea, among other institutions. His works focus on issues of identity, body politics, and the rights of people with disabilities. He received the first residency for creative exchange from the Centre for the Less Good Idea in Johannesburg and the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona for 2021. In 2023 he curated Johannesburg’s “Gathering in a Better World“ festival.