Robert Mugabe

So if someone comes up to you and their like 'Hey, you know about Zimbabwe?'. This is what you should say...

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Robert Mugabe, leader of the African nation of Zimbabwe, has sent mercenaries to Libya in return for Qaddafi's petrol dollars. David Martin reports on the possibility of Muammar al Qaddafi heading into exile.

The trailer for Tapestries of Hope. There is a myth in Africa unraveling the very fabric of the country and devastating young girls lives. After a chance meeting with human rights activist Betty Makoni, author/filmmaker Michealene Cristini Risley travels to Zimbabwe determined to document the shocking atrocities Betty Makoni and her organization, The Girl Child Network, witness daily. In doing so, Risley confronts a monstrous practice ravaging young women in this impoverished country. Highly respected traditional healers with enormous sway to reinforce historical cultural beliefs, including the magical power of female blood, are counseling men to have sex with virgins to cure AIDS. This is a leading cause of the increased spread of the HIV virus in Zimbabwe, making it one of the top HIV/AIDS-infected countries in the world. The crisis only deepens, as young girls who are raped become infected and transfer the disease to their unborn children. In a country with little or no available medicines due to confiscation by dictator Robert Mugabe, and a state controlled media creating a choke hold, Betty Makoni and her Girl Child Network empower these girls to find their voices and the courage to speak of the violence inflicted upon them. Arrested and imprisoned while filming, barred from shooting further footage, and deported from the country for attempting to tell this important story, the filmmakers refuse to be silenced. They return to the United States and lobby the U.S. government and the world community to intervene in this grievous situation.

Mugabe and the White African -- Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his land seizure program. Mike, like hundreds of farmers before him, has suffered years of multiple land invasions and violence at his far

A second trailer for Mugabe and the which will play at the 2010 San Francisco Film Festival. In 2008 Mike Campbell - one of the few remaining white farmers in Zimbabwe to have held fast in the face of the violent 'Land Reform' programme - took the unprecedented step of challenging President Robert Mugabe before the SADC International Court (SADC - South African Development Community) to defend his farm, which is also home to 500 black workers and their families, and to charge Mugabe and his government with racial discrimination and with violations of Human Rights.

Mugabe and the White African -- Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his land seizure program. Mike, like hundreds of farmers before him, has suffered years of multiple land invasions and violence at his far

The trailer for Mugabe and the which will play at the 2010 San Francisco Film Festival. Michael Campbell, the white African of the title, charges President Robert Mugabe with a racist land reform policy and takes him to court. Once the largest mango producer in Zimbabwe, Campbell one of a dwindling number of white farmers takes this bold, unprecedented step in an attempt to keep his farm from distribution to government ministers and cronies. Says codirector Lucy Bailey, It s an intimate story of a family, but through their case you get the bigger picture of what is going on inside Zimbabwe. The seasoned documentary team makes the most of that focus, putting the lives and convictions of the engaging Campbell and his English son-in-law, Ben Freeth, at the unabashed center of the film Freeth and Campbell even filmed critical scenes themselves with a tiny A1 camera. It s Freeth who poses the central question: If a white man can be American or Australian, why not African? Andrew Thompson s cinematography, shot with a large-format camera he smuggled into the country, conveys the lush vastness and visual beauty of Campbell s Mount Carmel farm and its black workers daily labor. Mugabe, a menacing shadow, is present only in news clips and voiceovers, while the musical score conveys a palpable sense of dread. Despite successive government stall tactics and a brutal attack on the family, the outcome of the case is uncertain until the end. Who will win? And what would that mean?

A promo clip for Mugabe and the which will play at the 2010 San Francisco Film Festival. Covertly filmed on location in Zimbabwe, this award-winning film documents a white farmer s court battle with President Robert Mugabe to keep his farm against the backdrop of Mugabe s reelection campaign.