Prison for Profit
16 September 2020 - 27 September 2020
Online

This hard-hitting investigation of a private prison in South Africa uncovers what happens when public services are ruled by market forces.

Topics: Human Rights
Prison for Profit: Live Q&A
Saturday 26 September 2020, 8:30pm
Online

Join directors Ilse and Femke Van Velzen live at 20:30 on Saturday 26th September in conversation with representatives from War on Want and We Own It to explore opportunities for action.

Topics: Human Rights
Prison for Profit
Ilse van Velzen, Femke Van Velzen | 2019
Netherlands | 84 min | 15+ years | English, Afrikaans with English subtitles | Closed CaptionsSubtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF20

This hard-hitting investigation of a private prison in South Africa uncovers what happens when public services are ruled by market forces.

Topics: Human Rights
Cause of Death
Jyoti Mistry | 2020
Austria | 19 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles | Closed CaptionsSubtitles

Through archival film footage, animation and spoken word poetry, an experience of structural violence against women is exposed.

Lucky
Avie Luthra | 2011
South Africa | 100 min | 12+ years | English, Hindi with English subtitles

A 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his village to make his own life in the city, only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.

Yesterday
Darrell Roodt | 2004
South Africa | 96 min | 12+ years | Zulu with English subtitles

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday’s one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

The Shore Break
Ryley Grunenwald | 2014
South Africa | 90 min | 12+ years | English, Xhosa with English subtitles | Subtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF15

Stunning exploration of the nature of “development” in the Wild Coast Region of South Africa by award winning filmmaker Ryley Grunenwald