Robert Mugabe
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In anticipation of August elections, ‘President’ documentary makes waves online in Zimbabwe
Filmmaker #Camilla Nielsson# defied a ban on her documentary President by launching it on The Why Foundation’s YouTube channel (available in Zimbabwe and Denmark). The film, which delves into Zimbabwe’s 2018 presidential election, has quickly gained traction, amassing 55,000 views in just one week. This release provides Zimbabweans with a timely and invaluable firsthand account…
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A rigged election in Zimbabwe
POLITICS: With the country at a crossroads, Zimbabwe attempts to hold its first post-Mugabe elections.
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A battle you cannot win
Two films – one fiction and one documentary – tell an African story from the perspective of the white people involved, who find themselves labelled as the enemy. Both films confront us with the colonial past and raise questions about the feasibility of exporting democracy and enforcing it on fundamentally different societies.