Mugabe and the White African

Variety“Potent mix of suspense, pathos and indignation...” The docu sometimes bears an eerie resemblance to Claire Denis' brilliant "White Material" in its tense evocation of menace stalking the periphery of the frame...

Time Out film“The sense of violence, real and threatened, is terrifying...” The film’s strength lies in its fearless reportage: the filmmakers are present at some extraordinary events, from the arrival of a minister’s son to confiscate the land to the family’s various and often futile trips to a regional court...

The Times“A lingering, helpless sadness...” The hate, fear and greed on show all hit you in your gut — it’s impossible not to steam at the sight of the braggart government minister’s son waiting by his new 4x4 outside the farm, telling Campbell and Freeth how he will simply take their ho

The Telegraph“If you lack empathy with them at the start, you won’t by the end...” Mugabe’s vicious program of land reform, intended to redistribute white-owned farms to poor black Zimbabweans but achieving nothing of the sort, is bravely confronted in this outstanding documentary...

The Independent“The film's double ending still comes as a shock...” The tragedy of Zimbabwe is righteously caught in this Oscar-nominated documentary about one man's hopeless fight against the chaotic land-grab instituted by Robert Mugabe...

Little White Lies“Campbell’s brave challenge to Zimbabwe’s ‘land reform’ ...” Here, one family’s catastrophe, filmed covertly to avoid a press ban, reflects a whole nation brought to its knees by a self-serving despot and his thuggish enforcers...

Guardian“This film is an ­unmissable portrait of courage under fire...” This ­documentary makes a strong, clear case for recognising the white Zimbabweans as neglected underdogs, and for "white African" to be a respectable concept, like white American and white Australian...

Empire“Nerve-shattering, tremendously moving cinema...” Part thriller, part courtroom drama, part agonising weepie. Even if the end is too neat, this shows the tenacity of the human spirit better than 99.9 per cent of Oscar-baiting dramas. It is one of those documentaries that stays with you for years...

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