Episode 6 sees the start of a 2 part introduction to IP and Entertainement Law. In this episode South African entertainment lawyer and activist, Unathi Malunga will be interviewed byDFMI Alumni and filmmaker, Hallie Haller (South Africa). Expert: Creative industries. Building power, policy, equity and protection for Africa’s Creative and Cultural Industries With over two decades of executive and sector-wide experience, Unathi works at the intersection of entertainment law, policy advocacy, cultural diplomacy, and creative economy development. I bring deep experience in shaping policy, managing content and rights, and building platforms that empower underrepresented voices in the creative and cultural sector. As both a lawyer and a content strategist, Unathi supports creators, cultural institutions, broadcasters, and governments in structuring content deals, navigating IP law, and building sustainable platforms — with a strong focus on equity, clarity, and empowerment. Uanthi don’t just operate in legal spaces —She has led, contributed to and have been actively involved in industry-wide lobbying and advocacy efforts, policy reform consultations, and creative economy initiatives focused on access, equity, and social transformation, ensuring that legislation, funding models, and market frameworks reflect the lived realities of South African creatives. Unathi is also a strategist and educator — designing learning programmes, legal literacy platforms, and development initiatives that place culture at the centre of transformation. Her goal is the same: She uses law as a tool — to ensure creators are protected, heard, and empowered to thrive — not just for protection, but for inclusion and growth. My focus remains the same: to elevate Africa’s creative economy. Protecting culture. Empowering creators. Shaping industries. Host: Hallie Haller Hallie Haller is a South African creative who cares about media, the future and you. Currently based in Johannesburg, Hallie is interested in cultural production that creates opportunity, fosters community and examines how we may live more meaningful lives. She has written a multitude of unpublished pieces, received hundreds of rejection letters, invested unwisely in passion projects and risked it all on hope - more than once. For love and money, she is a writer, director and creative strategist. Hallie is proudly a Brown Girls Doc Mafia member, a ForCreativeGirls mentor, a One World Media documentary fellow and an ambassador for GirlsInFilm's South African chapter. “Politics exists in the wake of culture. If you want to change the world, you’ve gotta change the culture.” - Franklin Leonard, The Blacklist. Representing: Rudeboy Collective. Girls in Film. Visit our website: durbanfilmmart.com Email us: info@durbanfilmmart.com
