Mugabe and the White African

Lucy Bailey / Andrew Thompson

Festival selections :
Camera Justitia, IDFA Selection

Screening Tuesday, March 30 - 19:00: Students' Choice screening. Free of charge for students.

Talkshows & debates

Mugabe and the White African - Q&A Lucy Bailey

maandag, March 29, 2010 - 17:00

The film will be followed by a Q&A with Lucy Bailey about the film, President Mugabe's land reform programme and about Mike Campbell's state nowadays. Moderator is Gert-Jan Gerlach.

Mugabe and the White African - Panel discussion

dinsdag, March 30, 2010 - 19:00

After the film, Vrij Nederland journalist Harm Ede Botje will lead the discussion with FNV union president Agnes Jongerius, Peter Hermes, personal advisor to Tsvangirai, and director Lucy Bailey.

Foto (c) Robin Hammond

Mugabe and the White African

Lucy Bailey / Andrew Thompson

Zimbabwe was once the breadbasket of Africa, but the policies of Robert Mugabe brought that to an end years ago. The expropriation of land from white farmers that occurred under land reform programmes has had disastrous consequences: not only for food production in Zimbabwe, but also for the rule of law.
'Mugabe and the White African', by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson, is an impressive portrait of one of the last white farmers in Zimbabwe, Mike Campbell.
Campbell and his family refuse to bow down to Mugabe’s policy of expropriation. They have brought a lawsuit against the Zimbabwean government to an international court. The family is constantly intimidated. They get regular 'visits' from a man in a brand new car who comes to claim the land in the name of ‘the poor black workers’. In their struggle for justice, they are willing to make great personal sacrifices.

Namibia, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom, South Africa 2009, 94 min.

Documentary, Video, Colour

Spoken language: English

Official website: http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com

Awards: Best feature documentary - British Independet Film Awards 2009 Special Mention - Planete Doc Review Warsaw 2009 Sterling World Award - SilverDocs 2009 Special Jury Prize - The Hamptons Film Festival 2009 Silver Butterfly, Camera Justitia Award - Movies th

Productions:

Arturi Films

Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock

elizabeth@arturifilms.com

+44 (0)1453-884974

www.arturifilms.com

World sales:

Hanway Films

info@hanwayfilms.com

+44 207 290 0750

www.hanwayfilms.com