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Charmaine Bingwa (b. 13 Nov 1984) is a Zimbabwean-Australian actress, writer and director. She is known for her breakthrough role as Carmen Moyo in The Good Fight TV series and in film roles that include Black Box (2020) a science fiction horror film directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. and co-staring Mamoudou Athie; Emancipation (2022) alongside Will Smith; and Netflix's Rwandan Genocide-set drama Trees of Peace (2022). She is also the writer, director and star of the Little Sistas series, winner of Best Screenplay at the LGBT Toronto Film Festival in 2018.
Karim Amer (b. 10 Nov 1983) is an Egyptian-American film producer and director. He worked on The Square (2013), a documentary about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 at Tahrir Square and ensuing Egyptian Crisis, and The Great Hack (2019). The Square was the first Egyptian film to earn an Academy Award nomination and went on to win three Emmy Awards, while The Great Hack got nominated for an Emmy and a BAFTA Award. In 2020, he produced and directed The Vow, an HBO documentary series about the self-improvement group, NXIVM. In 2022, he produced and directed Flight/Risk for Amazon Studios, revolving around whistleblowers at Boeing.
Michael Wawuyo Sr (b. Nov 11, 1948) is a Ugandan actor and special effects artist. He is known for his big screen roles in Sometimes in April (2005); Last King of Scotland (2006); Kony: Order from Above, (2017); The Only Son (2016), The Mercy of the Jungle (2018), and The Taste of our Land (2022) which garnered him the Best Actor Award at the African Film Festival in Khouribga. His television roles include Yat Madit and Power of Legacy. He served as a special effects and make-up artist on films that include The Felista's Fable, for which he received his first nomination at the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards in 2014; The Mercy of the Jungle; and Imbabazi: The Pardon (2013). In 2024, Wawuyo received an iKon lifetime achievement award.