Dear Mandela

@DearMandela

3 young people who live in the shacks of South Africa resist mass eviction & lead a new generation that follows in Mandela's footsteps

Durban/New York
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    Aug 20

    Read how the Durban High Court has stopped the evictions of thousands of people |

    6:57 AM - 20 Aug 2015 · Details
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    Aug 13

    New from Kerry Chance: "This article examines the unruly force of fire in state-citizen struggles."

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  3. Aug 12

    Our short film Electricity Is Life is included in Kerry Chance's brilliant new article about shack fires in :

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    Jun 16

    Dear Mandela Screening and Discussion, 16 June 2015, QQ Section, Cape Town

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  5. Jun 23

    Outreach screenings where people live @ risk of eviction in Nigeria have started and will ramp up later this year.

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    Jun 8

    The team taking films to the street! "Poverty in Life does not mean poverty in mind"

    "Young people are seeing a vacuum of leadership" live on discussing outreach
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    Jun 13

    Screening with Morris Isaacson and Naledi Secondary!

    4:29 AM - 13 Jun 2015 · Details
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    Jun 12

    Can films have REAL ?

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  9. Jun 9

    Great story by about our SA screening tour+the work of + :

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    Jun 8

    "Young people are seeing a vacuum of leadership" live on discussing outreach

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  11. Jun 8

    WATCH: + youth leader Mazwi interviewed on about the film + screening tour --

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    Jun 1 Cape Town, South Africa

    The Fighter dir by & screens at Bookings are open

    4:38 AM - 1 Jun 2015 · Details
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  13. Jun 7

    Our short film 'The Fighter' is playing at in Cape Town + Jo'burg this week.

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  15. May 31

    " forges ahead in its struggle to secure lives of dignity for poor+marginalised people."

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  16. May 31

    new story about organizing:

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    May 21

    .'s piece trailblazing using descriptions of favelas instead of resorting to 'slum'

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  18. May 23

    visits Diepsloot today, the setting of a news report Mnikelo watches in the film's opening where police fire on protesters

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    May 18

    We ought to remain mobilised and active, our struggle cannot rest entirely in the hands of others.

    "When communities come to court, judges can see for themselves the lives their decisions affect" - of
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  20. May 19

    "Somewhere along the line, the engine of progress has stalled." Very substantial piece on Marikana:

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