Jozi Film Festival: The People Versus The Rainbow Nation

The Jozi Film Festival is an annual event that showcases the latest films made by South African and international filmmakers in one of Africa's most vibrant cities – Johannesburg. The fith Jozi Film Festival will highlight the very best in filmmaking, presenting a multi-genre slate of films from emerging and established filmmakers, exploring a broad range of topics that affect our communities and stir our hearts and minds.

The festival will also offer provocative Q&A sessions with the filmmakers in attendance, as well as workshops and networking events. Wrapping up the festival with an exciting Awards Ceremony.

The People Versus The Rainbow Nation, SA

50 mins

Documentary

DIR: Lebogang Rasethaba (Courtesy of MTV and Viacom International Media Networks)

Is South Africa’s rainbow nation a myth? What does race mean to South Africans in 2016? These are some of the questions explored in a powerful documentary, The People versus the Rainbow Nation, which puts the country’s democracy on trial by focusing on its youth. The film follows the lives of four students from different backgrounds as it investigates the driving factors behind the #FeesMustFall movement. Director Lebogang Rasethaba speaks to these youths about the idea of a “rainbow nation” and other tough topics.

Q&A with director