Mother City
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.
Miki Redelinghuys Director Pearlie Joubert Director Miki Redelinghuys Director of Photography Zacharia Mashele Director of Photography Pearlie Joubert Director of Photography Tim Wege Director of Photography Khalid Shamis Editor Charl-Johan Lingefelder Original Music Composer Edward George King Original Music Composer Zikethiwe Ngcobo Producer Pearlie Joubert Producer Miki Redelinghuys Producer
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