Movie

Mother City

“A Daring Urban Revolution in a City Breathtakingly Beautiful and Brutal”

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.

Director

Miki Redelinghuys

Director

Pearlie Joubert

Music

Charl-Johan Lingefelder

Music

Edward George King

Status

Released

Release date

14/06/2024

Original language

Afrikaans