Mugabe and the White African (2009/2010)
Laura Freeth at her embroidery workshop. Her husband Ben is one of the few remaining white Zimbabwean farmers. He fights through the courts to stay on his land. Mt. Carmer Farm, Chigutu, Zimbabwe. December 2008. As seen in MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN, a film by Laura Bailey and Andrew Thompson. A First Run Features release.
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Opened: 07/23/2010 Limited
| Playdates | 07/23/2010 | |
| Cinema Village... | 07/23/2010 - 08/05/2010 | 14 days |
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| DVD | 12/14/2010 |
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Genre: Documentary (English and Shona w/English subtitles)
Rated: Unrated
Synopsis
A South African family fights to retain possession of their farm in the face of the "Land Reform" program operated by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.
Selected as one of the 15 feature documentaries on the short list for Oscar consideration, Mugabe and the White African is an intimate account of one family's astonishing bravery as they fight to protect their property, their livelihood and their country.
Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his violent land seizure program in 2000. Since then the country has descended into chaos, the economy brought to its knees by the reallocation of formerly whiteowned farms to ZANU-PF friends and officials with no knowledge, experience or interest in farming. Mike, like hundreds of white farmers before him, has suffered years of multiple land invasions and violence at his farm. In 2008, Mike, 75 years old and a grandfather - unable to call upon the protection of any Zimbabwean authorities and unable to even rely on the support of his fellow white farmers, all facing the same brutal intimidation - took the unprecedented step of challenging Robert Mugabe before the SADC (South African Development Community) international court, charging him and his government with racial discrimination and of violations of Human Rights. This film is an intimate account of one family's astonishing bravery in the face of brutality, in a fight to protect their property, their livelihood and their country.
