From social media campaigns to street protests and occupy movements, activists are fighting for housing and urban justice across the world. Following a special Australian premier screening of the film ‘ Mother City’, this panel of activists and scholars from Australia and South Africa discuss how local struggles – often shared through music, art, film, and media – build global solidarity.
This panel discussion follows the special Australian premiere screening of Mother City.
Mother City (dir. Miki Redelinghuys & Pearlie Joubert, 2024) is an award winning documentary about the inequalities of housing and continuing spatial apartheid that exists in urban and housing planning in Cape Town and the campaign run by activists from local townships and the community occupying a public hospital in the city.
Chair
Justine Humphry, Associate Professor of Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
speakers include
Amanda Tattersall, Associate Professor of Practice in Urban Geography, University of Sydney
Nkosikhona Swaartbooi, campaigner for justice and equality in South Africa
Dr Andrew Sully, Lecturer in Screen Arts, Director Master of Film and Screen Arts
Clare Lewis, Creative Director, GoodChat