Day Zero: how Cape Town stopped the taps running dry

The South African government announced that Day Zero was looming – a moment, after three years of unprecedented drought, when dam levels would be so low that taps would be turned off and people would have to fetch water at communal collection points. After taking remedial measures, Capetonians managed to push back the date of Day Zero for an extra year. I visited the city to find out how the threat of an apocalyptic disaster has changed lives. Directed, shot video, audio and edited feature.