The theatrical version of the film will be released in the USA on 23rd July, and later in the year in France and continues to be shown in UK cinemas in the months ahead. See the screenings page of the film’s website http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/screening-schedule/ The DVD is also now available in shops and from Amazon. The film, which is an Arturi Film production in association with Explore Films, Film Agency for Wales with the Welsh Arts Lottery Fund and Molinare Productions, has received outstanding reviews which include: “This is one of the most powerful documentaries I have ever seen” Daily Mail “Unmissable portrait of courage under fire”, Guardian, “Nerve-shattering, tremendously moving cinema” Empire "Superb’ …Thought-provoking, distressing, shockingly tense” Time Out.

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries presents the film, made by BAFTA Nominated team of directors Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, and producers David Pearson and Elisabeth Morgan Hemlock, it tells how one white farmer in Zimbabwe took on the might of the Zimbabwe government and took Robert Mugabe himself to court. Mike Campbell ran a mango farm in Zimbabwe which was reallocated to a poor black family (in reality, the son of one of Mugabe’s former ministers) under Mugabe’s Land Reform Programme. But Campbell and his son-in-law Ben Freeth took their case to a tribunal of the Southern African Development Community, an international court in Namibia, arguing the eviction was based on racial discrimination, which is illegal in Zimbabwe. The case dragged on for over a year, during which Campbell and his family were intimidated by armed gangs, kidnapped and tortured to within an inch of their lives. This film, much of which had to be shot covertly, is an intimate account of one family’s bravery in the face of state brutality and whose fight for justice has implications for ordinary Zimbabweans who continue to suffer at the hands of Mugabe and his regime.

For more information on True Stories please visit:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/mugabe-and-the-white-african