Dear Mandela is a 2012 South-African/American documentary focusing on three friends who are members of the shackdwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo. They fight eviction by making a legal challenge against the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 which ends up going to the final court of appeal, the Constitutional Court. The challenge is successful but swiftly results in a violent attack on the Kennedy Road informal settlement in 2009. The film-makers were themselves caught up in the attack.
Dear Mandela (2012)
Directed by Christopher Nizza / Dara Kell
Genres - Documentary |
Release Date - Jun 1, 2012 |
Run Time - 94 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
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2009, Abahlali, Attack, Constitutional Court, Kennedy Road, Kwazulu-natal Elimination, Mandela, Prevention Of Re-emergence Of Slums Act
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Subject: Documentary about Nelson Mandela