Gonarezhou (film)
| Gonarezhou | |
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| Directed by | Sydney Taivavashe |
| Starring | Tariro Mnangagwa, Tamy Moyo |
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| Country | Zimbabwe |
Gonarezhou is a 2019 Zimbabwean anti-poaching awareness film written and directed by Sydney Taivavashe.[2] The film is produced in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.[3]
Premise[edit]
The film is about a young man called Zulu who suffers various misfortunes and joins a poaching gang.[4]
Cast[edit]
- Tariro Mnangagwa as Sergeant Onai.[5]
- Tamy Moyo as Sara.[6]
- Tendaiishe Chitima as Thulo
- Tinashe Nhukarume as Schoolboy
- Eddie Sandifolo as Zulu
Release[edit]
The film was released in 2019.[7] Gonarezhou was shown at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival.[8]
Production[edit]
In 2017, Sydney announced that he was working on a feature film about poaching and that he started developing the script since 2013.[9] The story was inspired by the killings of 300 elephants by poachers using cyanide in 2013.[10][11] Principal Photography started in November 2018.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "ZBC".
- ^ Mail, The Sunday. "Tamy ventures into acting". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mnangagwa's daughter in anti-poaching film". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ Mail, The Sunday. "Tamy ventures into acting". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Gonarezhou: The Movie - Pan African Film Festival 2020". FilmRoot. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ "Tirivashe aims for an Oscar with new film". Zimbo Jam. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ Thornycroft, Peta (2013-10-20). "Poachers kill 300 Zimbabwe elephants with cyanide". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ "Poachers Kill 300 Zimbabwe Elephants in Worst Massacre in Southern Africa in 25 Years". One Green Planet. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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