Synopsis

Despite the formal end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, economic disparities between Black and White populations persist. Yoruba Richen’s compelling documentary, *Promised Land*, illuminates the most volatile element of this ongoing struggle: land ownership. The film traces the efforts of two Black communities to reclaim ancestral lands from White families, some of whom have resided there for generations. Against a backdrop of escalating tensions and inconsistent government policies, the is