Mother City

2024 102 min

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

South Africa

Spoken Languages

Afrikaans af
English en
Xhosa xh

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Cast

Nkosikhona Swartbooi

Narrator

Crew

Miki Redelinghuys

Director

Pearlie Joubert

Director

Zikethiwe Ngcobo

Producer

Miki Redelinghuys

Producer

Pearlie Joubert

Producer

Backdrops

Posters

External Links

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