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- DirectorMichael RaeburnThis film explores the conflicts within Rhodesian society in 1969.
- DirectorOphera HallisRon HallisThis documentary was filmed in Matenje refugee camp as refugees students were preparing to return to Zimbabwe just after independence. It documents daily life in the camp and interviews with students and teacher tell of the achievements, hardships and dangers of life in exile during the war for independence. The camp was located in Tete province, Mozambique and was home for thousands of kids and their teachers for several years. This film is a record of the sacrifice and idealism of Zimbabwean youth in the struggle that stands in sharp contrast with the situation in present-day Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe.
- DirectorOlley Maruma
- DirectorClive HardingStarsIan YuleKen GampuTamara FrankeTwo prisoners, a white racist and a black man escape. They discover that the only way to survive is to bury their prejudice and rely on one another.
- DirectorRon HallisStella Nekati-Chiweshe of Zimbabwe is a musical genius, a virtuoso of the mbira -- the African "thumb piano" used in the invocation of the ancestral spirits in Shona religious rituals. In this video Stella sings and plays music, and speaks of her struggle to learn in a field dominated by men. Stella is interviewed in her Harare home and performs several of her compositions amongst the remarkable rock formations of Dumboshawa. Her music is combined with images of Great Zimbabwe, ancient rock paintings, and the work of present day artisans.
- DirectorMichael RaeburnStarsDominic MakuwachumaSibongile NeneFarai SevenzoA young African man must try every trick in the book in this attempts to win the heart of the most beautiful girl in his village.
- DirectorGodwin MawuruStarsJesesi MungoshiDominic KanaventiViolet NdlovuA classic African film that has struck a nerve that runs across the continent, with an original soundtrack and supporting performance by Zimbabwe's legendary World Music sensation, Oliver Mtukudzi.
- DirectorIsaac MabhikwaStarsMisheck GashaWebster GonzoDumiso GumedeThandi finds out the complexities of love, when David, the schoolboy Mister Charming, coolly sweeps her off her feet.
- DirectorGodwin MawuruStarsChiyedza ChitepoStella Nekati-ChiwesheA young woman moves from the rural areas to the big city to escape Zimbabwe's independence war in the 1970s.
- DirectorChaz Maviyane-DaviesStarsGraig LunguNicholas Monu
- DirectorTsitsi DangarembgaStarsRachel BednarFiona BellFidelis ChezaTwo teens, Tamari and Itai, are impoverished following the death of their parents when their uncle takes their plow which they need to feed themselves. While their preoccupied neighbors in the village ignore them, Itai leaves for Harare and Tamari stays behind to care for their younger brother and sister. Finally, some of the neighbors notice and come together to support the children.
- DirectorIngrid SinclairStarsMarian KunongaUlla MahakaMoise MaturaThe 1970s in the former Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe: The native people are rising up against their white suppressors. As the war reaches even the most distant villages, the two friends Florence and Nyasha join the fighters and assume new names - Flame and Liberty. But the war is not as easy as they thought.
- DirectorManu KurewaStarsJoseph ChikadzaJane EsauMarvin JacksonA car crash in the Zimbabwean bush brings about a chance encounter between two men who have never met on equal terms. Archie, the aging Scottish farmer, needs to get his truck out of a ditch but no help is at hand. He demands assistance from Sekuru, an elder of the local village, but nothing can be done till daybreak. Sekuru feels he must offer Archie shelter. Archie is distrustful but is compelled to accept. Neither man is comfortable with the situation. Can the night and the experience bring any possibility of change?
- DirectorIngrid SinclairThe film illuminates a 1000-year old trading network which dominated southern and eastern Africa, linking the country to places as far away as China and Indonesia.