ZIMBABWE (Afrique du Sud, 2008)


Couleur – 84’
Direction: Darrel Roodt
Screenplay : Darrell Roodt, Nicola Simmonds
Director of Photography: Darrel James Roodt
Sound: Warrick Sony
Music: Kalahari Surfers
Editing: Kosta kalarytis
Cast:Kudzai Chimbaira,
Tongai A Chririsa
Production: DV8 FILMS



Synopsis

A young 19-year-old country girl, named Zimbabwe by her patriotic father, is orphaned. Starving and with few choices, she leaves her village to find a distant aunt. She crosses the border illegally into South Africa. Once there, Zimbabwe finds work as a maid but is repeatedly abused by her employer. She is forced to commit a violent act to protect herself and escapes by handing herself over to the authorities. She is deported to Zimbabwe, only to find that her brother has crossed the border to look for her


The director:

Darrell Roodt was born and raised in Johannesburg. A committed director, his first film, «Place of weeping» (1982), was also the first anti-apartheid film made in South Africa. «The Stick» (1987) was banned there for two years.
He alternates between Hollywood and South Africa.


Contact

DV8 FILMS
20, Baker Street, 4è, Rosenbank,
2196 Johannesburg / Afrique du Sud
Tél. : + 27 11-880-0191 - Fax : + 27 11 880 0192 - www.dv8.co.za