2010
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 34 m

2010
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 34 m

Summary Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his violent land seizure program in 2000. Initially a policy meant to reclaim white-owned land and redistribute it to poor black Zimbabweans, it has instead been used to gift farmland to Mugabe’s supporters. Like hundreds before ...

Documentary

Directed By: Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson

2010
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 34 m

2010
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 34 m

Mugabe and the White African

Name: Mugabe and the White African
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-07-23
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Rating: 77

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

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Directed By: Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson

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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

91% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

91% Positive
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Chicago Reader

The notion that only whites can be racist barely survives this riveting 2009 documentary.

By Cliff Doerksen FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Though much of the movie was shot in secret to protect the filmmakers, Bailey and Thompson managed to create a remarkably vivid portrait of a land and its people, while bringing us two unforgettable heroes in Campbell and Freeth.

By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Its awkward title notwithstanding, Mugabe and the White African offers the sort of narrative drama rarely found in documentaries.

By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

As their extraordinarily brave black female attorney points out, at stake are not merely the rights of this family or indeed of all white farmers, but the future of race relations and human rights in Africa.

By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW

Empire

This is one of those documentaries that stays with you for years. The injustice infuriates and the story, simply and deftly told, breaks your heart.

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Chicago Sun-Times

It seems to me that Campbell has a good case here--good enough, anyway, to convince the judges on the African court.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

Time Out

The film clandestinely captures marauders in action while embedding itself in the imperiled home of aging farmer Michael Campbell. He's not the movie's ad hoc martyr, but something more compelling: a simple man whose fight for personal justice has matured into patriotism.

By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW

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