Hot Docs 2009 Festival Guide

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Mugabe and the White African

Dir(s): Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson

Program: International Spectrum

Run Time: 90 | Namibia South Africa UK Zimbabwe  | Language: English 

Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began enforcing his controversial land seizure program, an initiative intended to reclaim white-owned land and redistribute it to poor black Zimbabweans. Since 2000, formerly thriving farms that employed thousands now sit derelict while poverty and hunger thrive amongst the majority of the country's citizens. Mike and farmers like him have suffered years of intimidation and violence, but 74-year-old Mike refuses to back down. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 2008 presidential election, Mugabe and the White African follows Mike and son-in-law Ben Freeth's harrowing attempt to sue Mugabe for racism and violation of their human rights. For their attempt to save their land and their country from devastation at the hands of a despot, they must brave the very real dangers of Mugabe's wrath. Will they survive it? Shannon Abel.

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

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Credits

Director(s) : Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson

Producer(s) : Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson

Executive Producer(s) : Steve Milne, Pauline Burt

Cinematographer(s) : Andrew Thompson

Editor(s) : Tim Lovell

Composers(s) : Jonny Pilcher

Subjects

Mugabe and the White African deals with the following subjects: African Cultures & Issues, Politics & Political Intrigue, Racism & Intolerance, War and Conflict

Screenings

Mugabe and the White African will be presented at the following times and locations.

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7:00 pm Wed, May 6

Isabel Bader Theatre

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4:15 pm Thu, May 7

Isabel Bader Theatre

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