Freedom Isnt Free The Freedom Charter Today

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source of inspiration in the liberation struggle against Apartheid It was reputedly the main source that informed democratic South Africas liberal constitution and a constant reference point for the ruling African National Congress ANC and rival political parties that it spawned since 1994 all claiming the Freedom Charters legacy Freedom Isnt Free assesses the history and role of the charter especially in relation to key political and socioeconomic aspects of developments in South Africa up to the present period It includes rare archival footage with interviews of a crosssection of outspoken influential South Africans