African Moot (2022)
1h 25m
Running Time
April 30, 2022Release Date
African Moot (2022)
1h 25m
Running Time
April 30, 2022Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
For one week in Gaborone, Botswana, a collection of aspiring lawyers gathers for the annual African Human Rights Moot Court Competition. Competitors represent the top law schools from their respective nations as they debate a new issue each year. This time around, the focus is on the rights of refugees. Developing arguments that will be judged by practicing lawyers, the next generation discovers what policy should look like in the African continent and where advancements can be made across the region. While you may come for the competition in African Moot, you stay for the rising stars learning on the ground what it means to fight for their cause, country and continent as one.
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Cast & Crew.
Shameela Seedat
Director / Producer
François Verster
Producer / Editor / Director of Photography
Tiny Mungwe
Producer
Venla Hellstedt
Producer
Juha Löppönen
Producer
Don Edkins
Executive Producer
Hahn
Original Music Composer
Adebayo Okeowo
Director of Photography
Peter Neal
Editor
Joseh Ssozi
Director of Photography
Luke Younge
Director of Photography
Bert Haitsma
Director of Photography
Michael Carter
Director of Photography
Moses Bwayo
Director of Photography
Ibrahim Muthadir
Director of Photography
Khalid Shamis
Editor
Tarek Abouamin
Director of Photography
David Kihima
Director of Photography
Nic Hofmeyr
Director of Photography
Gray Kotze
Director of Photography
Details.
Wiki.
African Moot is a 2022 South African documentary film written and directed by lawyer turned filmmaker Shameela Seedat. The film is based on a set of aspiring lawyers who compete in the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition by representing the top law schools from their respective nations and they turn up for the event which is held in Gaborone, Botswana for a duration of one week at the African Court of Human Rights where social topics are taken up for debates which are deemed as fictional court cases. According to The Africa Report, it was ranked among top ten most notable African films of 2022.