President
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About the film
Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as “The Crocodile.” The election tests both the ruling party and the opposition – how do they interpret principles of democracy in discourse and in practice?
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 55m
Released
2021
Director
Camilla Nielsson
Producer
Danny Glover, Joslyn Barnes, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Thandiwe Newton
Awards & recognition
ida documentary awards 2021
Best Documentary Short List
The Gotham Awards
Best Documentary Nominee
Sundance Film Festival
Winner World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award Verite Filmmaking
AFI DOCS
Special Selection
Docile International Documentary Film Festival
Winner Jury Prize 2021
What people are saying
‘ a riveting documentary that follows Nelson Chamisa, a charismatic 40-year-old lawyer, as he runs against Emmerson Mnangagwa, the strongman who unseated Mugabe.‘
Concepción de León
The New York Times
‘Camilla Nielsson’s superb 2014 documentary about the tortuous construction of Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution, was most riveting as a snapshot of a country still trying democracy on for size, wary of what it saw in the mirror. ‘
Guy Lodge
Variety