African Moot (2022)

Directed by

Shameela Seedat

Genre

documentary

Country

Finland, South Africa

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

All

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of African law students as they prepare for and compete in a moot court competition about human rights. The event takes place over a week in Botswana, where students argue fictional cases based on real social issues.

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What happens

African Moot is a 2022 South African documentary film written and directed by lawyer turned filmmaker Shameela Seedat. The film is based on a set of aspiring lawyers who compete in the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition by representing the top law schools from their respective nations and they turn up for the event which is held in Gaborone, Botswana for a duration of one week at the African Court of Human Rights where social topics are taken up for debates which are deemed as fictional court cases. According to The Africa Report, it was ranked among top ten most notable African films of 2022. The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition is an open platform and discourse where African law students can give their opinions and debate human rights concerns related to Africa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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