Screenings of: Whispering Truth to Power

Directed by: Shameela Seedat / Documentary / 86min

In 2009 not a single member of parliament voted against Thuli Madonsela when she was nominated for the position of Public Protector. By the end of her seven year term, the political playing field had changed, drastically. We follow Madonsela during her final and tumultuous year in office, beginning with the landmark Constitutional Court case on the powers of the Public Protector, to Madonsela once again investigating the then President Jacob Zuma. In one of the most economically divided countries in the world, Madonsela, at great personal cost, overcomes huge barriers to create an institution capable of fighting injustice even at the highest level. Whispering Truth to Power is Seedat’s first full-length feature.