Screening of a documentary about the student protests in South Africa, against the costs of education.

An unflinching look at the #FeesMustFall student movement that burst onto the South African political landscape in 2015 as a protest over the cost of education. The story is told by four student leaders at Wits University and their Vice Chancellor, Adam Habib, a left-wing, former anti-apartheid student activist. When Habib’s efforts to contain the protest fail, he brings 1000 police on to campus. There are dire consequences for the young leaders.

By blending dramatic unfolding action with a multi-protagonist narrative, much of the drama lies in the internal struggles the activists have around the weight of leadership. Threaded through the film is a pulse of anticipation, shared across the generational divide, that somehow these youth have reached breaking point and won’t back down until they achieve the kind of social transformation that previous generations had long given up on.

Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGYyCLb9xQ&feature=youtu.be

Credits
South-Africa (2018), 85 minutes

Director: Rehad Desai
Producers: Anita Khanna, Rehad Desai, Livia Desai Keiper
Co-producers: Jacqueline Jones, Grant Clark, Maarten Schmidt
Director of Photography: Nic Hofmeyr
Editors: Megan Gill, Arya Lalloo, Geert Veuskens
Music Composer: Jannous Aukema
Contributors: Eran Tahor, Arya Lalloo, Richard Pakleppa
Spoken language: English
Subtitles: English
Production: Uhuru Productions

Thursday 06/2 | Free admission | Reserve your spot here: https://dezwijger.nl/programma/docu-everything-must-fall-2

@Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam