“There was not even a second thought that the fact that I had to go back to South Africa because history was happening and couldn’t miss out on that.  The first chance to vote as an equal citizen, why would you not want to go back?"

This episode of the humans at work podcast features a conversation with Enver Samuel, international award-winning producer and director, and head of his own production company EMS Productions in South Africa.

From his first experience of picking up some video and sound equipment to work out how to use it, to multi-award-winning directing and producing – Enver has always been fascinated by what motivates people, the psychology behind the public façade and the truth behind the gloss.  Enver shares his experiences about working on reality television shows like Survivor and Great South African Bake Off, and what drives him to make documentaries about the unsung people who have made South Africa the country it is today. 

Enver and I talk about:

• leaving his country of birth because of the apartheid regime, and his reasons for returning
• marathon running and using it to find balance
• mixing your work types to retain resilience
• reality tv and the teams that work behind the scenes for a common goal
• content production and bringing out the personalities of people you’re filming
• what it really takes to make a serious documentary, and the value behind it
• Dulcie September and the Murder in Paris documentary

Resources and Links:

To learn more about Enver:

Visit EMS Productions at https://emsproductions.co.za/  

Go to https://murderinparis.com/home for more information about the assassination of Dulcie September and Enver’s documentary Murder In Paris

To sign the petition to re-open Dulcie’s case, go to https://awethu.amandla.mobi/petitions/justice-for-dulcie-1 

You can view the trailer for the documentary, Murder in Paris at https://youtu.be/yC9o3RFSpkI

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