Mugabe and the White African (2009)

Directed by

Andrew Thompson, Lucy Bailey

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12A

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a white Zimbabwean family as they fight a government land seizure policy in court. It shows the personal stakes and legal battle of Mike Campbell and Ben Freeth against Robert Mugabe's government.

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What happens

Mugabe and the White African is a 2009 documentary film by Lucy Bailey & Andrew Thompson and produced by David Pearson & Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock. It has won many awards including the Grierson 2010 and been BAFTA and Emmy Nominated. 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. The film follows Mike Campbell, his son-in-law Ben Freeth, and their family as they challenge Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwean government before the Southern African Development Community tribunal for racial discrimination and human rights violations. The film premiered in the UK on 21 October 2009 at the London Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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