African Moot (film)
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| Directed by | Shameela Seedat |
Production companies | Generation Africa Social Transformation and Empowerment Projects (STEPS) Undercurrent Film & Television Tuffi Films |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Countries | South Africa Finland |
| Languages | English French Portuguese Swahili |
African Moot is a 2022 South African documentary film written and directed by lawyer turned filmmaker Shameela Seedat. The film is based on a set of aspiring lawyers who compete in the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition by representing the top law schools from their respective nations and they turn up for the event which is held in Gaborone, Botswana for a duration of one week at the African Court of Human Rights where social topics are taken up for debates which are deemed as fictional court cases. According to The Africa Report, it was ranked among top ten most notable African films of 2022.