How Did Students in South Africa Fight For Free Education?

Everything Must Fall is a 2018 documentary film by Rehad Desai, centered on South Africa's #FeesMustFall movement. The film provides a gripping account of the student-led protests that erupted across South African universities in 2015, demanding free, decolonized education and an end to systemic inequalities within higher education institutions.In this episode, we speak to Rehad Desai about his film and the student-led movement in South Africa. Everything Must Fall is one of the documentaries that will be screened at the upcoming film festival called Witness the Unseen, happening at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall on the 9th - 12th January 2025. For more information, contact Barathi (+60 16-377 9713) or Valter at (+60 11-6357 9375). *Update(7/01/2025): As per the organiser, Everything Must Fall will no longer be part of the Witness the Unseen film festival, due to unforeseen circumstances. Image credits: MUBI, Rehad Desai (via The Left Berlin)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.