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Battle For Johannesburg (The)

  • Battle For Johannesburg (The)
© DR
Genre : Political
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Feature
Running time : 71 (in minutes)
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THE BATTLE FOR JOHANNESBURG captures the changing face of a city preparing to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It's a tale of property developers vying for sections of the crumbling city with renewed excitement, of a city council determined to create a world class city and ultimately of how this affects the hundreds of thousands of people who have made the city slums their home. With the eyes of the world on South Africa, the film raises universal questions such as, does urban development have to mean gentrification, and is it possible to create a world class city for all?

directors: Rehad Desai, Darryl Els,
South Africa 2010, Doc

English, Zulu and Xhosa with English subtitles, Video, 71 min

71', South Africa 2010

2010 - 31st DIFF - Durban
* World Premiere.
* Filmmaker in attendance

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