SYNOPSIS
A determined white Zimbabwean farmer takes Robert Mugabe to the court of human rights to challenge the land seizure programme in this multi award-winning feature documentary. The film documents the lives of a white Zimbabwean family who run a farm in Chegutu, as they challenge the Fast Track land redistribution programme that redistributed white-owned estates, a legacy of colonialism and UDI, beginning in 2000.
WELSH CONNECTIONS
Producer: Elizabeth Morgan-Hemlock
Supported by: Ffilm Cymru Wales
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Running time: 94 minutes
Certificate: 12A
Format: DCP, DVD
Language: English | Shona
RELEASE
Date: Spring 2010
Festivals: Silverdocs, Hamptons International Film Festival, Amnesty’s Movies that Matter Festival
“Mugabe and the White African plays to the strengths of the screen as a human interest story” The Guardian