Thabiso Maretlwaneng is a Botswanan television and film producer.
[Charmaine Revaka]
Media – Thabiso Maretlwaneng
20 September 2016. He received an
African Achievers Award in 2015.
[Maretlwaneng wins Africa Achievers Award]
''Weekend Post'', 5 August 2015.[
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Life
Thabiso Maretlwaneng was a karate champion, and gained a sports scholarship to study at Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology (often simply called Swinburne) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1908 as the Eastern Suburbs Technical College by George Swinburne to serve those without access ...
in Australia
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. As a student, he produced a feature-length documentary, ''Head Up'', following the journey of young black refugees in Australia trying to break into the country's hip hop industry. The soundtrack for ''Head Up'' won an award at the 2009 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
Maretlwaneng's Botswana company Dee-Zone Productions received youth funding from the Botswana Government.[ It produced ''Ntwagolo'', a 52-episode interactive docudrama looking at the impact of ]AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
in Botswana. ''Pelokgale'', a series which started airing in 2014, examined gender-based violence. An entertainment show, ''Pula Power'', also started airing in 2014. In 2016 Dee-Zone Productions was sued over unpaid rentals.[Mpho Mokwape]
Maretlwaneng's film company sued
''Mmegi Online'', 31 May 2016.
Filmography
Films
* ''Head Up''. Documentary.
Television series
* ''Ntwagolo''. 52-episode drama.
* ''Pelokgale'', 2014. 26-episode drama.
References
Living people
21st-century Botswana businesspeople
Botswana television producers
Botswana film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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