MOTHER CITY

Credits

Name: MOTHER CITY

Country: Südafrika

Year of publication: 2024

Format: DCP

Color: color

Language : OmeU

Duration: 102 Minuten

Series: 21. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Joubert, Pearlie; Redelinghuys, Miki

Abstract

MOTHER CITY exposes the deep fault lines that still exist in South Africa because successive governments since 1994 have not offered solutions to the most urgent and explosive issue of land and ownership rendering generations of working class people still homeless. The documentary follows activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi over six years as he evolves from a young activist to a father trying to balance his political work with his family responsibilities. MOTHER CITY is vintage David and Goliath: activists taking on property power and politics in a city still disfigured by spatial apartheid 30 years into democracy.