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Short Films by Mira Nair

The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat

11m

Directed by Mira Nair • 1993 • South Africa

Chris Hani, South Africa’s Communist Party Leader, was assassinated in April of 1993, causing a wave of fear to sweep through the country's white community. This is the tale of one family as they leave South Africa on the day of Hani’s funeral.

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