Background
She is the daughter of South African Communist Party leaders Joe Slovo and Ruth First.
She is the daughter of South African Communist Party leaders Joe Slovo and Ruth First.
She wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Catch a Fire (also a historical film about apartheid), and for the 2001 film Captain Corelli"s Mandolin. In the late 1970s she served as Robert De Niro"s personal assistant while he made the films Raging Bulletin and The King of Comedy. She also made the screenplay for Muhammad Ali"s Greatest Fight.
Slovo currently lives in London and often works for Working Title Films.