This story had a lot of potential to delve deeply into the intricacies of racial relationships and land reform within Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole. However the documentary makers, rather incredibly, have managed to create a film looking at a single side of the story. It is quite baffling how someone in the industry of documentary film making can not see the issues, and in fact dangers, of approaching a piece in this manner. There is no counter position to the "white African" point of view provided at any point during the film and it feels as if the watcher is assumed to associate and agree with this viewpoint from the outset. Whether intentional or not one can't help but feel this is a movie born out of racial ignorance.
There could have been some extremely interesting nuances to be explored here but unfortunately it completely missed the mark.
There could have been some extremely interesting nuances to be explored here but unfortunately it completely missed the mark.