A blistering documentary featuring one farmer's struggle against President Robert Mugabe and his controversial land seizures.
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"I am still the Hitler of the times This Hitler has only one objective; justice for his people sovereignty for his people If that is Hitler right then let me be a Hitler ten fold" - Robert Mugabe Michael Campbell is one of a handful of white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began enforcing his controversial land seizure program an initiative intended to reclaim white-owned land and redistribute it to poor black Zimbabweans Since 2000 formerly thriving farms that employed thousands now sit derelict while poverty and hunger are rife amongst the majority of the country s citizens; but 74-year-old Mike refuses to back down Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 2008 presidential election Mugabe and the White African follows Mike and son-in-law Ben Freeth s harrowing attempt to take Mugabe to an international court for racism and violation of their human rights It is an unprecedented case upon which rests not only Mike and his family s future but also the future of millions of ordinary Zimbabweans who continue to suffer at the hands of one of the world s most infamous tyrants Much of this film was shot covertlyTo have been caught filming would have meant imprisonment Actors Mike Campbell BenFreeth Directors Andrew Thompson Lucy Bailey Format PAL Language English Subtitles English Region Region 2 Number of discs 1 Classification Exempt Studio Dogwoof DVD Release Date 10 May 2010 Run Time 90 minutes
Award-winning documentary that follows the attempt by a white Zimbabwean farmer to take President Robert Mugabe to an international court on charges of racism and human rights abuse. One of the few remaining white farmers left in Zimbabwe, Mike Campbell has witnessed firsthand the effect Mugabe's land seizure programme has had on the country. Ostensibly aimed at redistributing white-owned land to poor black Zimbabweans, the programme, instigated in 2000, has left once profitable farms lying idle and brought widespread food shortages and famine to the general population. As the 2008 election looms, the 74 year-old farmer, accompanied by his son-in-law Ben Freeth, begins his fight for justice.
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