2025 Social Justice Film Festival

SJFF 25 - Film Block - H

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Art of Resistance
ART OF RESISTANCE pays homage to the Quingoma ancestors who established their quilombo as a beacon of democracy and equality - a place where African people remain resilient, reclaim their freedom, celebrate their heritage and survive.
Wild Coast Warriors
In a David and Goliath court-case struggle against Shell, indigenous people of South Africa’s Wild Coast succeeded in halting oil/gas exploration, winning ongoing protection for their ocean and culture.
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This film celebrates and pays tribute to the amaMpondo for their outstanding and historic, legal victory over Shell, Impact Oil and Gas (Impact Africa) and the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources in South Africa. The story is constructed as an almighty existential clash of cultures. The amaMpondo protagonists, conserving nature, their way of life and their very existence, battle the oil giants and the Minister of Energy antagonists, their profit-driven fossil fuel exploration that could potentially destroy marine life and indigenous culture on the Wild Coast. This leads to a climactic courtroom ruling that might help influence the direction of travel for the next few years that humanity has left to drastically reduce carbon emissions and prevent a burning planet and biodiversity loss. We are passionate about giving unheard indigenous people a voice as the true conservators of their natural world. We invite global viewers to meet these people and judge for themselves. We see the amaMpondo's lived experience, maintaining responsible stewardship of ancestral lands and sacred seas, a symbiotic relationship that supports flourishing land and marine biodiversity, counterpointed with Shell’s capitalist arguments. We aim to demonstrate how by combining cultural heritage, indigenous wisdom, human rights activism, and environmental campaigning with litigation, can be a powerful means to tackle climate catastrophe, biodiversity degradation, and an attack on human rights. We want to inspire youth and other indigenous communities globally to rise up to protect their lands and oceans and seek justice. The main characters in Wild Coast Warriors, Nonhle Mbuthuma and Sinegugu Zukulu won the Goldman Environmental Prizes for 2024, nicknamed the "Green Environmental Nobel Prizes". They both were also awarded the Burning Planet Heroes of the Year accolade from the Daily Maverick newspaper in South Africa on Christmas day, 2024.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    72 minutes
  • Country
    South Africa
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Awards
    Encounters International Documentary Film Festival - Best of the Fest Cape Town June 21, 2024 World premiere 'Best of the Fest' nomination South Africa Montreal Independent Film Festival - an Award Winner Montreal October 20, 2024 North American Premiere Award Winner at the IMDb qualifying seasonal competition of Montreal Independent Film Festival, for the Best Environmental Film. Canada International Guadalajara Film Awards in Mexico - an Award Winner Guadalajara November 9, 2024 Central America Best Documentary Feature - November Season Mexico Madrid Indie Film Festival Awards in Spain - nominated for Best Feature Doc. Madrid October 17, 2024 Europe Nominated for the Best Feature Documentary Spain Lookout Wild Film Festival in Chattanooga, USA - an honorable mention Hixson, Chattanooga January 16, 2025 United States Premiere Honorable Mention United States British Columbia Environmental Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada Vancouver December 1, 2024 Canada Africa International Human Rights Festival in Nigeria Lagos December 8, 2024 Nigerian Premiere Nigeria Lulea International Film Festival in Sweden Lulea November 15, 2024 Swedish Premiere Sweden African Film Festival in Kenya Kisimu December 6, 2024 Kenyan Premiere Kenya Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival Lahore November 21, 2024 Asia Premiere Best Feature - Environment and Culture Pakistan Hill Film Festival Chittagong and Dhaka December 26, 2024 Bangladesh Premiere Best Feature Doc Award Bangladesh Social Justice Film Festival Seattle April 9, 2025 American Premiere Official Selection United States Sunbardan International Film Festival West Bengal January 12, 2025 Indian Premiere Outstanding Achievement Award Winner India Dokumentale International Documentary and Media Festival Berlin June 1, 2025 German Premiere Official Selection Germany South African Film Festival in Australia and New Zealand Sydney May 1, 2025 Oceania Official Selection Australia WOW Wales One World Film Festival Online June 21, 2025 United Kingdom Selection United Kingdom
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  • Director
    Nick Chevallier, Leigh Wood, Guido Zanghi, Warren Smart
  • Producer
    Gary Emanuel Janks, Nick Chevallier, Katherine Robinson
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