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Friday, January 28, 2011

Mugabe and the White African

Zimbabwe is a country in Africa and Mugabe has been its president for many years. I am embarrassed to admit that that is just about the sum total of my knowledge about Mugabe and Zimbabwe. As I was searching through the instant plays on Netflix, the four stars below the documentary title caught my eye. This is an absolute gem of a documentary. The film follows the Campbell and Freeth families on their farm for approximately two years. The Campbells and Freeths are fighting the land redistribution program, they are white Africans and Mugabe wants to take back all land owned by whites. The documentary follows the family as they fight losing their farm in the International Court of Justice. This family believes they have to fight for what is right, they are being discriminated against solely due to their race. The family is in harms way but they will not leave, for as Ben believes "If good men do nothing, evil will prevail." If you are a Netflix member, my suggestion is to send this film to the top of the queue.

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