Mugabe and the White African

2009
7.7| 1h30m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 07 August 2009 Released
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Country: United Kingdom
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Official Website: http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/
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Short-listed as one of the 15 best documentaries of the year, Mugabe And The White African is the story of one family's astonishing bravery as they fight to protect their property, their livelihood and their country. Mike Campbell is one of the few white farmers left in Zimbabwe since its leader, Robert Mugabe, enacted his disastrous land redistribution program. Once the breadbasket of Africa, Zimbabwe has since spiraled into chaos, the economy decimated as farms given to Mugabe cronies are run into ruin. After enduring years of intimidation and threats, Campbell decides to take action. Unable to call upon help from his country's authorities, he challenges Mugabe before an international court.

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Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson

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Thehibikiew Not even bad in a good way
Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
p-stepien Writing this as a White African born and raised in Africa I found the movie extremely distasteful and manipulative. How such a one-sided white-washing (literally) documentary received such accolades is beyond me. Especially amongst critics who normally like more balanced perspectives.Best critique on the subject is by Eric Ritskes of the Wanderings blog who offer an honest balanced perspective on the movie and its misgivings. Best quote: "The movie fails to highlight the great irony in hearing White European lawyers argue that democracy is not merely about majority rule but about protecting basic human rights, basic human rights that White Europeans ignored in Zimbabwe for hundreds of years. I guess these basic human rights only need to be protected when White human rights are at stake." Other recommended reading is the 'other side of the story' of forced redistribution, as presented in the article "In Zimbabwe Land Takeover, a Golden Lining" in the New York Times (by Lydia Polgren, June 20th 2012).Mugabe is a gibberish tyrant and his cronies are corrupt to the bare bone. But the key essence to the story is this: Land redistribution is just and necessary, whilst those responsible for stealing from the indigenous populations fail to own up and compensate the white farmers (aka the British government). Both the wickedness of Mugabe government and the failings of inevitable land redistribution need to be mentioned to offer true unbiased perspective.
rggreaves It was a refreshing change to see such an accurate and vivid portrayal of life under Robert Mugabe. The almost comic dialog between Campbell and the son of a Government Minister who felt entitled so simply take the farm showed how ridiculous the whole situation in Zimbabwe has become. A once prosperous and thriving country now gripped by terror, sickness and starvation. Bravo to Mike Cambell for his lonely stand for what is right. There are millions of bitterly oppressed Africans in Zimbabwe who can only benefit from the stand of Mike Campbell and the widespread showing of this masterpiece documentary. Robin Greaves California
ThomasKus This is no doubt one of the most moving documentaries I have seen in a long time. The story of a family who decided not to bow to pressure, not to run away, not to give up in the face of the most horrendous state brutality speaks for itself and I find some of the criticisms voiced in other reviews hard to stomach. It is not Mugabe and his oppressive regime that need to be explained, it is the fact that his system is allowed to continue without much international challenge that is abhorrent. The courage of Michael and Ben in making this documentary, in continuing with their case and in showing the real face of Mugabe and his small but brutal elite is worth noting and remembering.
Travis A. I always hold dear the memories of visiting my grandparents as a child and taking early morning walks through the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, it was majestic to say the least. To see the state Zimbabwe is in today is so sad considering it used to be such a great country.This documentary did a fantastic job of creating awareness, the real truths behind the (m)ugabe regime. You cannot help feel a deep sadness for the individuals' involved, especially noting that children are the also the victims of this outrageous regime.A realisation that a brain washed/racist state is the order of the day, every day in Zimbabwe. The White Farmers are providing for 100's of workers livelihoods and they're the bad guys. The whole concept on which Mugabe bases his Dictatorship is one big Contradiction. As they say, every dog has its day.