http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/ News http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/en-on-current-situation/ Are Zimbabwe's "Land Reform program," and "the new indigenisation Laws" the same thing? And what should people do about breaking the dictatorship so that Zimbabwe can be rebuilt on the right foundations? http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/en-on-current-situation/ http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/2ndmarchscreenings/ Not seen the film yet? Or know people who might want to see it? Tell them the film is being shown all over the UK Tuesday the 2nd March including several places in London, England, Scotland and Wales with Q&A sessions with the producers after the screening in Cheltenham and Cardiff. All venues can be seem at http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/screening-schedule/ There is also a trailer there. Best to book in advance as the screenings are often a sell out. There are other dates and venues on the screening page. The film is in its eighth week at the Empire West End in Leicester Square. The film has been nominated for BAFTA, was shortlisted for the Oscar Academy Award Nomination.won the BIFA Award (British Independent Film Awards) for the Best Feature Documentary to add to its two other impressive US awards, Silverdocs Sterling Grand Jury Prize, and the Special Jury Prize at the Hamptons Film Festival. The film tells the story of how white farmer Mike Campbell takes his President, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, to court for racism, with extraordinary consequences for Mike, Ben his son-in-law and their family, along with the 500 Black farm workers and their wives and children who are dependent for a living on the farm. http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/2ndmarchscreenings/ http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.comhttp://news.scotsman.com/news/First-Mugabe-took-the-farms.6069704.jp WHITE people will no longer be able to open hairdressers, advertising agencies or bakeries in Zimbabwe under black empowerment regulations hastily signed into law by president Robert Mugabe's side of the government. Morgan Tsvangirai, Mr Mugabe's estranged prime minister, described the new law as "null and void" because he had not been consulted. But analysts say he will likely be unable to reverse it. The Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Regulations force executives of white-owned companies with assets of more than £320,000 to commit to hand over 51 per cent of their shares to black Zimbabweans within 75 days of 1 March – or face five years in jail. http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.comhttp://news.scotsman.com/news/First-Mugabe-took-the-farms.6069704.jp http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.comhttp://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/index.php?page=synopsis&filmid=1966 NOW IN IT'S SEVENTH WEEK AT LONDON'S EMPIRE WEST END CINEMA audiences are drawn by teh strong story of Mugabe and the White African. It is an intimate feature-length documentary film charting one family’s extraordinary courage. In the face of a relentless campaign of state-sanctioned terror. http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.comhttp://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/index.php?page=synopsis&filmid=1966 http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.comhttp://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominations,949,BA.html David Pearson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, Andrew Thompson, and Lucy Bailey, producers and directors of MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN are nominated for a prestious BAFTA Award. The results will be announced on the 21st February 2010. In the Category for Outstanding Debut, Elizabeth and David are the only producers Nominated. http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.comhttp://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominations,949,BA.html http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/docuweeks/ Exclusive US Docuweeks screenings in New York and Los Angeles - as part of the IDAs 13th Annual Documentary Showcase. Mugabe and the White African is now eligible for Oscar consideration! http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/docuweeks/ http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/hamptons/ 'Mugabe and the White African' has won the SPECIAL JURY PRIZE at the recent Hamptons Film Festival 2009 (USA). http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/hamptons/ http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/award-nominations/ Mugabe and the White African is currently nominated for 3 prestigious awards... http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/award-nominations/ http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/oscar/ Mugabe and the White African has made it through to a long-short-list for possible Oscar nomination in the new year... http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/oscar/