Freedom Week 2017: Film Screenings

by Bongani Khoza · Published April 2, 2017 · Updated April 4, 2017

We are calling on R2K supporters to consider hosting a screening of one of these films between 27 April and 3 May 2017:

	Incorruptible Incorruptible is a documentary telling the story of the 2011 crisis on Senegal when the President decided to change the constitution to allow for a third term. An artist-led youth movement erupted to protect one of Africa’ oldest and most stable democracies. In a time where SA’s democracy faces its own unaccountable President, ‘Incorruptible’ offers a positive, hopeful example while at the same time honestly examining the sustainability of a people’s movement, and the role that youth are taking in shaping the future of their own country. The film raises issues of executive accountability and popular power that resonate in South Africa today.
	Shore Break The Shore Break is a moving 2014 documentary telling the story of the Amadiba communities struggle to keep mining off their land. In the wake of the assassination of the chairperson of Amadiba Crisis Committee, Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe in 2016 the Amadiba struggle has also become an important site in the battle for the right to organise against authoritarianism.
	Crumbs: Toppling the Bread Cartel Crumbs is a great South African documentary film that tells the story of Imraahn Mukaddam, the whistle blower who exposed corporate bread price fixing.This is the poignant story of the fight for economic justice and the personal cost of blowing the whistle on corporate greed. It highlights corporate secrecy and the critical role of whistleblowers in fighting inequality.
	Miners Shot Down Miners Shot down is an award winning documentary that offers a haunting glimpse into the days leading up to the murder of 34 miners in Marikana in August 2012. The film has played a crucial role in uncovering secrecy, lies and cover-ups surrounding SA’s first post-Aparthied massacre and highlits issues of police brutality and the right to organise.