Black History Month - DocNights: Mother City CTBA
This film is F-Rated
Celebrating the empowerment of women in the film industry. Read more >
In
Cape Town, a city as breathtakingly beautiful as it is brutal, a young man
leads a daring urban revolution at the intersection of political and property
power.
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.
F-Rated: Directed by Miki Redelinghuys and Pearlie Joubert
This screening includes an introduction from Annabel Grundy, Managing Director for Sheffield DocFest.
- Director
- Miki Redelinghuys and Pearlie Joubert
- Year
- 2024
- Duration
- 1 hour 42 minutes
- Language
- English
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