Mother City (2024)
1h 42m
Running Time
June 14, 2024Release Date

Plot.
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 β 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 β on the streets, in the supreme court and in parliament.
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Cast & Crew.

Nkosikhona Swartbooi
Narrator

Pearlie Joubert
Director / Producer / Director of Photography

Miki Redelinghuys
Director / Director of Photography / Producer

Edward George King
Original Music Composer

Zacharia Mashele
Director of Photography

Khalid Shamis
Editor

Zikethiwe Ngcobo
Producer

Tim Wege
Director of Photography

Barry Donnelly
Sound
