Mother City (2024)
1h 42m · 1 podcast episode about this movie
Filmed over six years, Mother City follows the David versus Goliath battle as activists and domestic workers take on property power and politics in Cape Town – a city still disfigured by spatial apartheid 30 years into democracy. The story begins when the government sells a school, meant for affordable housing, to a private developer. Set against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, this intimate and at times funny narrative documentary charts Nkosikhona (Face) Swartbooi leading a defiant war against government and property developers – on the streets, in the supreme court and in parliament.
Interview : The 26th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, takes place in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 20 to 30 June. The Festival opened with the film ‘Mother City’segment100%
Jun 27, 2024 · 20m