Documentary / Film
Mother City
A six-year documentary about activists fighting for affordable housing on well-located public land in Cape Town, from the Tafelberg School site to the courts and Parliament.
- Discipline
- Feature documentary
- Year
- 2024
- Zacharia's role
- Camera
- For
- Plexus Films
- Trailer
- 2 min 33 s
2 min 33 s
Context
Thirty years into democracy, the Western Cape government sells the old Tafelberg School, a site suited to social housing, to a private developer. Activists from Reclaim the City, led by Nkosikhona 'Face' Swartbooi, take the fight to the streets, the courts and Parliament.
Filmed over six years. Zacharia is credited on camera.
Credits
- Miki Redelinghuys, Pearlie Joubert
- Zacharia Mashele
- Plexus Films
From the same streets: Zacharia's documentary photographs
Reclaim the City occupies the Green Point bowling greens.
Photograph 01 of 04
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