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Anant Singh is the CEO and chairman of the Videovision Entertainment Group. Born and raised in apartheid South Africa in Durban, Singh began his film career at age 18 when he left his studies at the University of Durban-Westville to purchase a 16 mm movie rental store. From there, he moved into video distribution, forming Videovision Entertainment and then progressed into film production in 1984 with Place of Weeping, the first anti-apartheid film to be made entirely in South Africa. Singh's illustrious career has had many highlights. Singh has been acknowledged by his peers in the industry with the South African Film and Television Awards inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. He enjoyed taking authentic South African stories like Sarafina!, Cry, the Beloved Country and Yesterday to the world, which became the first South African film to receive an Academy Award nomination. He also acquired the film rights to Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom, and adapted it for the silver screen as Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom with Madiba's endorsement.
