Mother City (2024)

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.

Released June 14, 2024 102 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.one-actor

Country: South Africa
Production Country: South Africa
Languages: English, Xhosa, Afrikaans