Hazel Friedman

Hazel Friedman is a South African multi-award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, and writer on contemporary culture. Friedman has built a career telling stories that probe and expose injustice, celebrate courage and resilience, and magnify the lives of those on the margins. She is a published author, screenwriter, and cultural commentator. Friedman’s career spans the intersections of politics, human rights, film, art, music, and social justice. Her work, whether on screen or in print, is united by an abiding belief in the power of storytelling to confront, heal, and transform.