---
title: 'Dear Mandela (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christopher Nizza'
released: '2012-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'South Africa'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dear-mandela-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764260/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dear Mandela (2012)

2012 · Documentary · South Africa, United States


## Synopsis

Dear Mandela is a 2012 South-African/American documentary focusing on three friends who are members of the shackdwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo. They fight eviction by making a legal challenge against the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 which ends up going to the final court of appeal, the Constitutional Court. The challenge is successful but swiftly results in a violent attack on the Kennedy Road informal settlement in 2009. The film-makers were themselves caught up in the attack.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christopher Nizza](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-nizza), [Dara Kell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dara-kell)

## Cast

- [Nelson Mandela](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-mandela)

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Official site: http://dearmandela.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dear-mandela-2012
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