June 6, 2026·2 min read
On patrol with the police in Cape Town | A Cape Town Story
By Jamie Clark & Sam Seeley · No Excuse Films
In @acapetownstory we were invited to ride along with serving police officers, working in some of the toughest parts of the city.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.
These were motivated, professional men and women, often working with a fraction of the resources their counterparts elsewhere would expect, and frequently in the face of public opinion that had stopped giving them the benefit of the doubt.
They were turning up anyway.
They wanted to do a good job.
They wanted to serve the communities they belonged to.
That came through in everything they did and everything they said.
BUT..
UBUNTU - A Cape Town Story 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, though crime is in it.
𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺, though the city has rarely looked more like itself.
𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀é, and it isn’t a lecture.
Rather, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 — about one of the most complicated, beautiful, painful, brilliant cities in the world, told honestly, and without ever losing sight of the hope that runs through all of it.
About :
The documentary was made through @noexcusefilms, our UK production company.
𝗔 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺.
𝗡𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗡𝗼 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗺𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻.
Three things that we promised ourselves before we boarded the plane, and held to from the first day of filming to the last:
- 𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺.
- 𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀.
- 𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀.
That’s the company.
That’s how we work.
And that, more than anything, is 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀.
Coming very soon!
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