When the South African government promises to 'eradicate the slums' and begins to evict shack dwellers far outside the city, three friends who live in Durban's vast shantytowns refuse to be moved. Dear Mandela follows their journey from their shacks to the highest court in the land as they invoke Nelson Mandela's example and become leaders in a growing social movement. By turns inspiring, devastating and funny, the film offers a new perspective on the role that young people c... (Full plot summary below)
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When the South African government promises to 'eradicate the slums' and begins to evict shack dwellers far outside the city, three friends who live in Durban's vast shantytowns refuse to be moved. Dear Mandela follows their journey from their shacks to the highest court in the land as they invoke Nelson Mandela's example and become leaders in a growing social movement. By turns inspiring, devastating and funny, the film offers a new perspective on the role that young people can play in political change and is a fascinating portrait of South Africa coming of age.
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| CineVueSophie Kingston-SmithThe subject matter is very sensitively handled by filmmakers Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza, who choose their subjects wisely and don't sentimentalise the situation. |
| Slant MagazineEric HendersonA devout political documentary that insists that community, dignity, and solidarity are sustaining, but not the baseline by which one should settle. |
| The New York TimesNicolas RapoldFollowing the efforts of a South African housing rights group, the documentary Dear Mandela illustrates how fresh injustices have succeeded the inequality once enforced by apartheid. |
| Village VoiceMichelle OrangeTriumph follows tragedy as the case unfolds and history is caught repeating, but the larger, more complicated story underlying this brief but bracing missive still feels untold. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectA powerful, timely and brilliant examination of the new economic apartheid that has beset South Africa and the inspiring struggle against it. |
