Hillbrow: Between Heaven and Hell

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http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/02/20122236221978421.html
A personal journey to the heart of one of South Africa's most dangerous neighbourhoods.

Clifford Bestall has built an wide international reputation as a director of award winning socio-political and wild-life documentaries.

Since the late 80’s, during the final phase in the struggle against apartheid, he began shooting and directing long-form documentary films on what was heppening in the country for the BBC. In 2001, BBC Worldwide distributed Killers Don’t Cry which was screened by 84 broadcasters. It went on to win two Grierson Awards, made by the British Guild of Directors for the best documentary shown on British television.

In 1986 he had co-produced WGBH Frontline’s Apartheid’s People, which won a Peabody Award and directed the series The Long Walk of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela which was nominated for an Emmy. ETHIOPIA : a Journey which he produced and directed took the award for the Best Factual Moment on British television 2005. To date he has made no less than five films about Nelson Mandela. The 16th Man is his most recent and what he considers to be his best film about the great leader.