‘Dear Mandela’ examines how the lives of the poorest South Africans those who had the most hope when Apartheid officially ended in 1994 have changed in the 17 years since Mandela was released from prison. When their shantytowns are threatened with mass eviction, three ‘young lions’ of South Africa’s new generation rise from the shacks and take their government to the highest court in the land, putting the promises of democracy to the test.