How to steal a country / Uhuru Productions presents ; in collaboration with Grey Matter Media ; in co-production with ZDF/Arte [and 3 others] ; in association with Spier Films [and 3 others] ; a film by Rehad Desai ; co-director, Mark Kaplan ; director, Rehad Desai ; producers, Zivia Desai, Anita Khanna, Rehad Desai ; scriptwriters, Anita Khanna, Rehad Desai.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Desai, Rehad, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Kaplan, Mark, film director.

Desai, Zivia Keiper, film producer.

Khanna, Anita, film producer, screenwriter.

Uhuru Productions, production company.

Grey Matter Media (Firm), production company.

ZDF/Arte (Firm), production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zuma, Jacob.

Zuma, Jacob--Corrupt practices.

Corruption.

Political corruption--South Africa--History--21st century.

Political corruption.

Businesspeople--South Africa--History--21st century.

Businesspeople.

Journalists--South Africa--History--21st century.

Journalists.

History.

South Africa.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (93 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2020]

Language Note:

Closed-captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Chronicles how the three Gupta brothers, once small-scale peddlers, cultivated relationships with Jacob Zuma of South Africa and other ANC figures, and parlayed them into massive profits. The brothers were involved in everything from a US$100 billion nuclear deal with Russia, to graft at the state-owned railway and power companies. Tens of millions were stolen from money earmarked for rural development and funneled into a lavish Gupta family wedding. Journalists investigating this corruption were targets of a disinformation campaign accusing them of being neo-colonialists supporting white monopoly power. Eventually, the journalists are vindicated, and a state inquiry is called into "state capture"--a massive corruption scheme involving the Guptas, Zuma and his government, and international finance and consulting firms.

Credits:

Editors, Megan Gill [and 3 others] ; directors of photography, Nic Hofmeyr, Duncan Tilley.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Uhuru Productions, ©2019.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 18, 2020).

Publisher Number:

if-howto Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.