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Kiersten Mondé Chace
CEO Founder Mondé World Films
Cut to the Chace Studios
Producer / Director / Author / Artist / Social
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Having
witnessed firsthand (14 years) the social
injustice and racial inequality within the
Coloured communities of South Africa helped
provide the cultural acumen for Chace to launch
her first full feature independent documentary
film 'I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured - Identity
Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope'. This historic
account is one of the first films to explore the
legacy of Apartheid from the viewpoint of the
Cape Coloured people, an Apartheid race category
for those who were neither black, nor white.
Chace produced, directed and edited this film.
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smaller projects including a short film 'Tami Tushie's
Toys' a finalist in the International Documentary
Challenge 2010 (Hot Docs Toronto) and a top 10 short film at the
Filmanthropist Film Festival 2009. |
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Sometimes it takes an unexpected event, or tragedy in
one's life to find purpose. Tears may have to be shed to
find one's focus. This was certainly the case for
Kiersten with he unexpected death of her father. That
event alone triggered a movement towards creating
a life's work and passing a legacy of love, compassion,
and wisdom onto her son and future generations.
On what would have been her fathers 78th birthday, Chace
published her first book of poetry, short stories and
art work in 2006 titled "Nomonde's Sojourn -
Reflections". And in 2009, she published her second book
'Voices from the Cape' which were the original
transcripts from her documentary film 'I'm Not Black,
I'm Coloured'. |
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Upon her first visit to Cape Town South Africa in 1996,
Kiersten quickly recognized a social/identity problem in
the Coloured townships of South Africa and has utilized
her entrepreneurial skills to organize, create and
manage small ventures to help make social change. And
for the past 14 years Kiersten has been the voice of
these struggling communities, a liaise between those who
need help and those who can help. Her largest investment
and accomplishment to bring about social change and
education globally was the release of her documentary
film "I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured - Identity Crisis at
the Cape of Good Hope" |
The Journey...
1995 | 1996 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000a | 2000b | 2004 | 2008 |
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Intentional living has been the core
of Kiersten's life journey and her work in South Africa
is an example of how one person 'can' make a difference
in the lives of those living on the other side of the
globe or within their own neighborhood. Chace, a single
mother, never used her financial circumstance as an
excuse to not fulfill the work she was led to do.
Today, Chace, is busy with several documentary film
projects, screenwriting, and travels the globe with her
documentary film speaking about the issues addressed in
the film, America's misconceptions of Africa and
encourages others that they too can make a difference.
More to come... |
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| Calabash House Personal Chef |
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Chace with Will Smith 1998 |
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In 1998, Chace moved to Santa Fe,
New Mexico to start a personal chef business with a
young Chef from Trinidad. Within months they were being
featured at many art galleries openings and in homes of
influential art collectors. Their success in Santa Fe
ultimately led to their being hired as in-home personal
chef (six month contract) to actor Will Smith and wife
Jada. This was a gift from Will to Jada after the birth
of their son Jaden.
Other clients and guests we served: Arlene LewAllen
Contemporary Art Gallery, African Odyssey, Actor Kevin
Kline, Actor Kenneth Branagh, Actress Salma Hayek,
Director Barry Sonnenfeld, The Store Different, Russell
Means, Site Santa Fe, Willard Smith Sr (Will's Father),
Caroline Smith (Will's Mother), the cast of Miss Ever's
Boys - Santa Fe Theater.
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| Cape Coloured DNA Ancestry Project |
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In 2007, during pre production of
Chace' documentary film, she was approached by a group
of genetic genealogists to organize a genetic DNA
project for the Cape Coloured communities in South
Africa. This group of people has the highest level of
mixed ancestry on the globe. African, European, East
Asian and East Indian. Kiersten is the founder and
administrator of this project and assists people across
the globe in finding out more about their ancestral
roots.
For more information on the project go to:
www.capecoloureddnaproject.org
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Argentina
Brazil
Norway
France
Italy
Switzerland
England
Netherlands
South Africa
India
China
Caribbean
Mexico
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Clarke's Estate So. Africa
Fun with the youth |
Mitchells Plains,
So. Africa
HIV/Aid's Education Class |
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Judging at Club 3 Degrees
MInneapolis, MN |
With Rev. Xapile &
Chef Ross
Gugulethu, So Africa |
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Calvinia So. Africa
Domestic Abuse Seminar |
Wynberg, So. Africa
Speaking at the Luxerama |
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Los Angeles
With Jazz Great Jonathan Butler |
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On Stage with the Christian Explainers
Joseph Stone Auditorium, Cape Town |
Stellenbosch, So.
Africa
Hanging out with Doreen Hani |
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On our way to Cape Town
With 4Given Int'l |
Guglethu /
With Nomonde
J.L.Zwane
Church |
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