Former ZBC presenter and award winning Film Director Rumbi Katedza recently added Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey to the reference section of her Curriculum Vitae. This was after directing a segment on the fourth Episode of "The Me You Can't See", an American documentary series on mental health streaming on Apple TV+, and hosted by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.
The episode is titled "We Need Each Other" whilst the segment is about a Zimbabwean community health worker named Forget. The docuseries was released in full on May 21, 2021
The series has five parts and involves notable figures such as performer Lady Gaga, actress Glenn Close and basketball player DeMar DeRozan.#TheMeYouCantSee tackles a subject often overlooked globally: mental health. I directed a segment on inspirational community health worker Forget from @friendshipbench, an organisation that reminds us that by caring for each other, communities shape a powerful route to recovery. pic.twitter.com/eJyD1NZenk
— Mai Jai 🇿🇼 (@RumbiKatedza) May 24, 2021
Katedza, a part-time lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, in the department of Theatre Arts founded Mai Jai Films in 2008. She has numerous films and television productions under that banner. She is also a judge and monitor at the National Arts Merit Awards.
She has lived in the USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, the UK and Zimbabwe. She is a Harvard University Fellow.