KANS / Chance
a documentary set inside Pollsmoor, a Correctional Service Centre in Cape Town by
Dorette Potgieter
KN VERSLAG | 12 OCT 2020 | kykNETMia Spies reports on early parole due to Covid-19.
Producer / Director
Dorette Potgieter and director of photography Mike Downey
Date
June 2019 - May 2020
Documentary
Restorative Justice, recidivism and rehabilitation
K A N S (Chance)
This 48min documentary in Afrikaans and English with English subtitles, celebrates rehabilitation and restoration programmes in challenging circumstances.
Dorette Potgieter, director and producer track how Pollsmoor, a Correctional Service Centre in Cape Town, has changed since Nelson Mandela’s incarceration after his release from Robben Island, 3 decades ago and the ultimate triumph of the will over seemingly insurmountable adversity.
(Age Restriction: 13PG)
Pollsmoor
A Correctional Service Centre , officially known as a Maximum Security Prison, located in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai, South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum security penal facility that continues to hold some of South Africa’s most dangerous criminals. Although the prison was designed with a maximum capacity of 4,336 offenders attended by a staff of 1,278, the current inmate population is over 7,000 (a figure which fluctuates daily)
KANS as fundraiser
Book KANS to be viewed at your high school or tertiary education institute as fundraiser or awareness event with a 50/50 on ticket sales to view this documentary.
Contact Dorette Potgieter for bookings.
All funds generated will be donated to the Restorative Justice Programme, FILM 4 Offenders, Cease Fire and the Amore Stevens Trust.
Section 18a donation receipts are available on request.
