Living Rights Festival 2024
28 Oct - 10 Dec
The Living Rights Festival is a Cape Town-based, community-led initiative dedicated to advocating for peaceful coexistence, social justice, and human rights. It emerges in response to escalating global conflicts and humanitarian crises, aiming to inspire communities to stand against violence, militarisation, and other threats to our collective future. By combining the power of art with the rigour of academic discussion, the festival provides a unique platform for exploring some of today’s most pressing global issues—genocide, climate change, racism, and the looming threat of nuclear conflict.
In partnership with: Institute for African Alternatives, Cape Cultural Collective, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jazz in the Native Yards, The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Insurrections Ensemble, AfroAsian Ensemble, Musicals Magic, The Little Giants, Surplus Radical Bookshop, The Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape, Whole World Women Association, National Institute for the Humanities & Social Sciences, District Six Museum, Institute for the Healing of Memories, South African History Online, African Humanities Association, Community House and Friends of Cuba Society
2024 Living Rights Festival Partners
Some Living Rights Events
Film Screening: "Action Kommandant", the story of
freedom fighter Ashley Kriel,
Director: Nadine Cloete
Film Screening and Discussion: Discussion and screening of
"Truth be Told - Pathways to Light"
with director Enver Samuel
Visual Arts Exhibitions (all day),
Panel Discussion, Film Screening,
Youth Open Mic, Music and
Poetry
Living Rights Festival Articles
A critical engagement
Sustainable development goals and the problem of ‘race’
By Crain Soudien
