Newly liberated, with productive farms and an education system the envy of its neighbours - time was that Zimbabwe was a land of plenty. But, within one person's childhood, this changed.

The last of her family to leave, Chipfupa returns and, guided by her father, via telephone from England, and a box of old photos, she searches for the substance of her memories, or were they just dreams?

Hers is a unique perspective: as the child of a middle class African family,she provides us a startling view of the dissolution and destruction, of what happens when liberators are afforded endless reign.

Exile is a country South Africans know too well. This is a story of remembrance and a reminder to guard fiercely the freedom that was fought for so courageously and for so long, as freedom is not guaranteed and may be fleeting.

Directed by Tapiwa Chipfupa

South Africa/Zimbabwe | 2013 | 52min


2013 | Encounters | 6th > 16th June 2013
Screening: CT | NuM | Sat 8 | 6.15pm + Guests
Screening: JOZI | Bioscope | Wed 12 | 7pm + Guests
www.encounters.co.za/the-bag-on-my-back-documentary/