Author: Perivi Katjavivi

Perivi Katjavivi is a Namibian filmmaker, researcher, and sound artist. His work has been screened on Netflix and at festivals in Berlinale and Rotterdam. His recent feature film, Under the Hanging Tree, was selected as Namibia’s first ever submission to the Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. He holds an MA in african cinema from the University of Cape Town and is a PhD candidate in history at the University of the Western Cape. His research focuses on how colonial sites of memory related to the Ovaherero Genocide influence everyday life in Namibia and how film can be used as a therapeutic tool in unravelling the entanglement with these sites of trauma and contemporary modern life.