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New Orleans Film Society

Protect the Nation

SOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY 16 min.

Director, Writer
C. R. Reisser
Producers
Marcus Machura, Stephan Barth, Greig Buckle, Thomas Reisser
Cinematographer
Matthias Reisser
Editors
C. R. Reisser, Olivia Retzer

Synopsis

“In the spring of 2008, a shocking wave of xenophobic attacks against foreign immigrants spread across South Africa, leading to the deaths of sixty-two people and the displacement of over 40,000.

“Protect the Nation” is a humble and tender look inside the struggles of a community and the consequences of greed, miscommunication and hate. When faced with the unexpected kindness of a stranger, a young boy begins to question himself. Does he have the courage to do what’s right? “