Rhodesia Countdown

  • Rhodesia Countdown
Genre : Drama
Type : Docu-drama
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1969
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 40 (in minutes)
http://www.michaelraeburn.com/rhodesiacountdown.htm

A hard-hitting satire on white Rhodesian attitudes during their civil war 1970-80.

MICHAEL RAEBURN's 1st film.

Production : Vaughan Films & D. Knight, London
Editor : Eduardo Guedes
Distributors: BBC and TV throughout Europe, USA, Africa.
France - Fédération Jean Vigo
Cinema - Studio Republique, Paris ; Bleaker Street Cinema, New York.

Festivals

DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT - CANNES 1969
Five festival awards including MANNHEIM PEACE PRIZE ; GRAND PRIX, HYÈRES FILM FESTIVAL


+ "A moving statement about racialism" Montreal Star
+ "Excellent example of the political film" Les Lettres Francaises
+ "Mixture of drama and documentary that makes a strong impact" Svenska Dagbladet
+ "An excellent document" - Cinema Magazine, Paris.

Articles

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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