{"id":38858,"date":"2021-04-20T17:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-film-wins-award-in-brazil"},"modified":"2021-04-20T17:21:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:21:47","slug":"chamisa-film-wins-award-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-film-wins-award-in-brazil","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa Film Wins Award In Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Robert Tapfumaneyi<\/b> &#8211; A DOCUMENTARY about MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa based on the compelling story of the country\u2019s 2018 presidential election has won the Best Feature Documentary in Brazil\u2019s Its True Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Danish Camilla Nielsson, the documentary titled \u2018President\u2019 provides an up and comprehensive look at how the 2018 elections were allegedly rigged by President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, our film President won an award for the best documentary at the Its True film in Brazil,\u201d Camilla posted on twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObrigado Thank You we are happy and honoured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documentary begins with an historic change of leadership in both the country\u2019s main political parties, following the 2017 coup.<\/p>\n<p>In the documentary, Camilla provided an up close and comprehensive look at Zimbabwe\u2019s supposedly \u201cfree, fair, and credible\u201d elections in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The people had a glimmer of hope in 2018 when Chamisa, a young and charismatic opposition politician took over the leadership of the main opposition MDC Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Camilla and her crew followed Chamisa and his campaign team in the four weeks leading up to the election.<\/p>\n<p>Chamisa, then 40, was seen as the man who could finally deliver on the hollow promises that Zanu PF has been making to the nation for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The feature film does not just focus on the campaign leading up to the election.<\/p>\n<p>Nielsson pieces together horrifying cell phone videos showing citizens being threatened by their own government and those who are meant to protect them.<\/p>\n<p>The President also focuses on the legal battle that followed the election as Chamisa and his team pore over documents that definitively prove that the election results were tampered with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Robert Tapfumaneyi &#8211; A DOCUMENTARY about MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa based on the compelling story of the country\u2019s 2018 presidential election has won the Best Feature Documentary in Brazil\u2019s Its True Film Festival. 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