Sifuna Okwethu [SEP] narrative location
Both sides have a legitimate right to the land, and the film encourages viewers to think about whose rights should prevail.
Production.
Documentaries to Inspire Social Change, NFP (DISC) produced the film "Sifuna Okwethu" as part of the larger struggle to address severe land inequality in South Africa. Many people know that due to extensive colonial and apartheid era land theft, in 1994—when apartheid fell and Nelson Mandela came to power—87% of South Africa’s land was owned by whites although they constitute less than 10%
by more people, and dissolved by the power of media, the filmmakers decided to make the story of the Ndolilas into a documentary.
Reception.
According to director of the film, Bernadette Atuahene, "Sifuna Okwethu" charts a different path than other films on the same topic, which leads viewers towards a more complex understanding of the dynamics involved in dealing with the present-day consequences of past land theft.