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Ben Cashdan is a filmmaker and television producer in South Africa. His work focuses on struggles for social justice in Africa and elsewhere, and the impact of market-based economic policies and globalisation on the poor.

Cashdan was South African producer for Harry Belafonte's biographical documentary Sing Your Song. Cashdan has also produced 4 episodes of The World Debate on BBC World News. He also developed and produced the first season of South2North, the first global talk show to be produced in Africa for a major global broadcaster. South2North airs on Al Jazeera English. In December 2013 Cashdan produced an episode of BBC Question Time on South Africa after Mandela.^[1]^[2]

Cashdan's produced the documentary "Two Trevors Go To Washington", a satirical look at two different perspectives on globalisation - seen through the eyes of South African finance minister Trevor Manuel,and Soweto social justice activist Trevor Ngwane.^[3] "Two Trevors" has been translated into 5 languages and shown at festivals and on broadcasters around the world.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In 2005 Cashdan produced a biographical documentary about former South African President Thabo Mbeki, entitled "Unauthorised: Mbeki". The documentary was pulled off air on 14 June 2006 by the South African Broadcasting Corporation a few hours before it was scheduled to air, leading to accusations against the SABC of censoring views critical of the government.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Responding to public pressure the documentary was shown by the SABC in 2007.^[10] In December 2013, Cashdan's TV talk show "The Big Debate" was also pulled off air at the last minute by the SABC, again leading to accusations of censorship.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] The Big Debate moved to independent broadcasters e News Channel Africa (eNCA) and e.tv.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Question Time to broadcast from South Africa|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/question-time-south-africa.html|publisher=BBC}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Question Time|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3405254/?ref_=asrtt_sr_tt|publisher=IMDB}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Two Trevors go to Washington|url=http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/~hclabib/008797683|publisher=Harvard University Library}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=The Two Trevors Go to Washington|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/22257/the-two-trevors-go-to-washington|newspaper=Washington City Paper}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=ECONOMY-SOUTH AFRICA: A Tale of Two Trevors|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2000/06/economy-south-africa-a-tale-of-two-trevors/|newspaper=Inter Press Service}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Embraced by Brazil and shunned by Switzerland: the story of the two trevors|url=http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/education/13176|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140224231647/http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/education/13176|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2014-02-24|publisher=Pambazuka News}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=State television channel cancels critical Mbeki documentary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jun/15/southafrica.television|newspaper=The Guardian}}
8. ^{{cite news|title='No one must see Mbeki film' - SABC|url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sowetan/archive/2007/07/12/no-one-must-see-mbeki-film_--sabc|newspaper=Sowetan}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=SABC gags Mbeki 'unauthorised' documentary|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/sabc-gags-mbeki-unauthorised-documentary-1.281142|newspaper=Independent Online}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=SABC insists Mbeki doccie will finally be aired|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2007-09-26-sabc-insists-mbeki-doccie-will-finally-be-aired|newspaper=Mail & Guardian}}
11. ^{{cite news|title=Canning of The Big Debate: R2K suspects political interference|url=http://www.citypress.co.za/news/canning-big-debate-r2k-suspects-political-interference/|newspaper=City Press|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028020347/http://www.citypress.co.za/news/canning-big-debate-r2k-suspects-political-interference/|archivedate=2013-10-28|df=}}
12. ^{{cite news|title=Right2Know Campaign protests against ‘rampant censorship’ at SABC|url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/media/2013/10/24/right2know-campaign-protests-against-rampant-censorship-at-sabc|publisher=Business Day}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=No big debate: the SABC, censorship, and more censorship on Media Freedom Day|url=http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-10-22-no-big-debate-the-sabc-censorship-and-more-censorship-on-media-freedom-day/|publisher=Daily Maverick}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=State Censorship by the SABC: Cancellation of The Big Debate|url=http://fxi.org.za/home/2013/10/18/state-censorship-by-the-sabc-cancellation-of-the-big-debate/|publisher=FXI}}