From Beacon Valley to global stages, SAFTA-winning filmmaker Amy Jephta carries Beacon Valley and Mitchells Plain’s stories worldwide, inspiring youth with pride. Now based between Cape Town and international film hubs, Amy, 37, now from Bo-Kaap, remains deeply shaped by her childhood years in Beacon Valley. Amy's first day at Imperial Primary School. Image: Supplied“I was about six years old when I started at Imperial Primary School in Beacon Valley,” she recalls. Amy Jephta at crèche in her white dress.