Leo Barraclough International Features EditorActor and activist Thandiwe Newton, who was named to the Queen’s New Year’s Honors List, receiving an OBE for services to film and charity, has joined documentary “President” as executive producer.
The film won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival this year and will screen at AFI Docs on Thursday.The film captures Zimbabwe at a crossroads.
In the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, the new leader of the opposition Nelson Chamisa is challenging the dictator’s corrupt legacy, and his successor Emmerson “the crocodile” Mnangagwa.
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