Documentaries

Short documentaries that challenge dominant narratives.

Music as a medicine

A look at the healing power of music following the floods in Durban.

For Médecins Sans Frontières.

Kwazilience

Celebrating the resilience of primary schools in Durban following social unrest and the floods.

For Edufundi.

Education is Power

How education can unite people from different backgrounds and counter xenophobia. (Full version here.)

For The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town

The underworld of Cape Town’s stowaways

Tanzanian stowaways attempt to board ships in Cape Town.

For TimesLive.

Spaza

Abdi runs a ‘Spaza Business Course’ – which aims to counter xenophobia. For The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town.

Sanctuary Lost

A look at the history – and future – of South Africa’s refugee system. (Full version here.)

For The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town.

Alan: Stateless in Kenya

‘Allan’ is forced to take a journey from Cape Town to Kenya in order to get documents.

For The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town.

The Cessation

An award-winning documentary about Angolan refugees who face the prospect of a forced return to Angola.

For The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town

Ettijah: Stateless in Palestine

Three young powerful women have created Ettijah; a rap group that expresses their reality of facing life as young, stateless refugees in Palestine. For B-Yond Tv.