Zimbabwe has an active film culture that includes films made in Zimbabwe during its pre- and post-colonial periods. Economic crisis and political crisis have been features of the industry.[ 1] A publication from the 1980s counted 14 cinemas in Zimbabwe's capital city,Harare .[ 2] According to a 1998 report only 15 percent of the population had been to a cinema.[ 3] European and American films have been made on location in Zimbabwe as well as Indian films. American films are popular in Zimbabwe but face restrictions limiting their distribution.[ 4]
Great Britain'sColonial Film Unit was active in Zimbabwe.[ 5] [ 6] Zimbabwe's post-colonial government has worked to sponsor film development.[ 5] Germany helped fund a film training and production program.[ 7]
The Zimbabwe Film Festival
Zimbabwean directors includeTsitsi Dangarembga ,Rumbi Katedza ,Roger Hawkins (film director) ,Godwin Mawuru ,Michael Raeburn ,Farai Sevenzo ,Ingrid Sinclair ,Sydney Taivavashe , andEdwina Spicer .
Zimbabwean actors include:Munya Chidzonga ,Tongayi Chirisa ,Adam Croasdell ,John Indi ,Dominic Kanaventi ,Edgar Langeveldt ,Tawanda Manyimo , lCont Mhlanga andLucian Msamati . Zimbabwean actresses includeChipo Chung ,Carole Gray ,Kubi Indi , andSibongile Mlambo .
Several films cover theRhodesian Bush War .
Zimbabwe hosts theInternational Images Film Festival for Women andZimbabwe International Film Festival .
Keith Shiri is a Zimbabwean film curator.
Films fromRhodesia :
Films from Zimbabwe include:
King Solomon's Mines (1985), an action adventure film shot in ZimbabweKizhakku Africavil Sheela (1987), aTamil language film largely shot in ZimbabweA World Apart (1988), the film addresses apartheidJit (1990)[ 8] White Hunter Black Heart (1990), an American film shot in ZimbabweNeria (1993)Everyone's Child (1995) Flame (1996), set during theRhodesian Bush War Forbidden Fruit (2000)Lumumba (2000), a French language film aboutPatrice Lumumba filmed in ZimbabweThe Legend of the Sky Kingdom (2003), an animated filmTanyaradzwa (2005)Mugabe and the White African (2009), a documentaryiThemba (2010), a documentary about a bandSores of Emmanuel (2010), a film about a single father's hope, written and directed by Eddie NdhlovuSomething Nice from London (2013)Democrats (2014), a Danish documentary about politics in ZimbabweThandie's Diary (2018), a film about gender based violence against women written and directed by Eddie Ndhlovu.Gonarezhou (2019), an anti-poaching film
Sovereign states States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other territories
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