Uhuru Productions – Uhuru Productions – Social Impact Documentary Film Making

documentaries that

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UHURU Productions founded in 2003 creates high-quality documentary and drama productions for local and international audiences. Headed by acclaimed producer/director Rehad Desai, the company has a wealth of expertise in the production and management of documentaries, drama and advocacy films.

current projects

Hotspot Climate Series

The series of films in Hotspot aims to champion and support climate justice agendas and activist voices by investing in movement-building support for African activists. The goal is to provide platforms for debate on how best to meet current challenges at a local level, and foreground solutions at every turn. In each country, storylines have been built around specific climate crisis related threats and challenges faced by the communities that the activists represent, while shining a light on the solutions that they are endeavouring to amplify.

Capturing Water

Access to clean water is world-wide right threatened by pollution and multinationals trying to convince governments to privatise. On the verge of running out of drinking water, South Africa’s mother city Cape Town cuts costs by restricting supply to poorer households. Activists start mobilising for water as a social right. Can the new mayor reconcile the conflict between profit based solutions, and the residents whose lives are threatened by lack of access to a basic human need – water.