Rumbi katedza biography of donald

Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. Zimbabwean Film Producer and Director born Early life and education [ edit ]. Work and filmography [ edit ]. Aesha, the character in the film, is from a country that is still in conflict, so the conflict that she feels is not just a memory but [also] a reality.

For Asylum, I actively sort out the Sudanese community in London and what came out most was the trauma that they had all been through. However, they set up a school [in London] and they tried to preserve their culture. From this, I understood that the conflict did not define their country; the conflict existed because of certain elements, certain power struggles and prejudices.

So they separated it by congregating as a community and preserving their language and culture. No not really. I spent a lot of time with Sudanese women who had been raped and separated from their families forcibly.

Rumbi katedza biography of donald

So, what I tried to do is reflect the feelings that they were portraying. When I cast the lead character I did an extensive casting in London, it was a hard choice. But in the end I chose a woman from the Caribbean who was very expressive with her body and her eyes. But distance is often necessary to be able to tell a story. For what it is, I made a documentary on [Zimbabwean] post-election violence in , I could have made it in but I had to wait.

All I can do is tell my story the best way that I can. So I spend quite a lot of time with my actors discussing what the backstory is and I encourage them to build it from the elements they get in the script. I have film-maker friends from quite a lot of countries and although we may share similar issues like trying to find funding or trying to work in a good environment for film, sometimes these issues are not different from our male counterparts.

In , her documentary about survivors of election violence in Zimbabwe, The Axe and the Tree , was launched at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. She is also a voice-over artist and writer. Her articles and short stories have appeared in several publications including Vertigo , AV Specialist , Hype! She was a member of the editorial teams at leading Zimbabwean publication, Parade Magazine, and Ogojiii , a magazine focusing on African innovation in design, enterprise and current affairs.