ACTRESS Jawaahier Petersen bagged no fewer than FOUR awards, including overall winner, for her short movie called Listen at the 1Minute Festival.
On Saturday night at Cavendish Square, the daughter of late theatre legend Taliep Petersen and her team were honoured as they beat 99 other shortlisted nominees.
The film picked up four major awards namely best director, best story, best drama and overall winner, to the delight and surprise of the 35-year-old star.
“When I got the award, I just said to myself, ‘dear brown child, have the audacity to dream and the sheer gumption to chase it’,” she tells the Daily Voice.
“The fact that this team won the awards is so amazing because we all come from previously disadvantaged backgrounds where there is no platform to make…