The Open Democracy Advice Centre has made a film about Abahlali's attempts to get information from the eThekwini (formerly Durban) municipality about the city's plans for them. It's directed by acclaimed South African documentary film maker, Ben Cashdan. See the entire movie in three parts, below:

A documentary shot by Giles and Khan covering the attempts to fight Spt. Glen Nayager of the Sydenham Police, whose racism and brutality are a matter of record.

[17min. isiZulu/English]

This video by Aoibheann O'Sullivan was made in April 2005. It documents the struggle of shack dwellers in the Kennedy Road Settlement in Durban, South Africa, against their ANC councillor. Because this documentary was the first film in which Kennedy Road activists discussed and represented issues affecting their community, it became one of the mobilising tools when people from Kennedy Road were first invited to explain their struggle to people in nearby settlements.

Strong alliances formed with nearby settlements and this eventually resulted in the development of a city-wide shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo.

This film was often screened with power from a generator in open assemblies attended by hundreds, and in one instance thousands, of people in shack settlements around Durban like Quarry Road, Foreman Road etc.

Here is the full 40 mins of unedited video footage of the Abahlali baseMjondolo and Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign protest against the Social Movements Indaba, in two parts:

Part I

Part II

Seventeen seconds of video footage from a meeting between Abahlali and the Anti-Eviction Campaign at Kennedy Road, 2 December 2006.

UnFreedom Day Videos by Saren Stiegel

On the 14th of November 2005, at the Foreman Road settlement in Clare Estate, Durban, South Africa, police attacked a peaceful demonstration of settlement dwellers from around the muncipality. This was the evening's news report, from eTV, in English.

In three windows and three parts, you can watch Giles and Khan's acclaimed 21 minute (2006) documentary about the shackdwellers' struggle. A great introduction to the movement.

Breyani and the Councillor Part 1