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A NEW FILM BY DARRELL JAMES ROODTInternational Film FestivalRotterdam 2008World PremiereSHE JUMPED THE BORDERIN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFEHER NAME IS...P R E S S B O O K

DV8 FILMSANDINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)PRESENTIN ASSOCIATION WITHHUBERT BALS FUND(INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM)NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FOUNDATIONDEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT)FONDS IMAGES AFRIQUEA NEW FILM BY DARRELL JAMES ROODT©2008 Darrell J Roodt, IOM, Dv8 FilmsTECHNICALSPECIFICATIONSLENGTHLANGUAGESUBTITLESFORMATSOUND84 MINUTESSHONA AND ENGLISHENGLISHDIGIBETADIGITAL STEREOWORLD SALESJeremy NathanDv8 FilmsPO Box 308, Parklands, 2121Johannesburg, South AfricaTel : +27 11 880 0191Mobile : +27 83 454 8997Email : jeremy@dv8.co.zaMoroba NkaweDv8 FilmsPO Box 308, Parklands, 2121Johannesburg, South AfricaTel : +27 11 880 0191Mobile : +27 82 446 1931Email : moroba@dv8.co.zawww.dv8.co.za1

KUDZAI CHIMBAIRAFARAI VEREMUMILDRED CHIPURIROTONGAYI A. CHIRISADAVID DUKASJENNIFER STEYNAND ANDREW WORSDALESound and Music Design Warrick SonyEditor Kosta KalarytisExecutive Producers Michelle Wheatley, Moroba NkaweProducers Nicola Simmonds, Jeremy NathanWritten, Directed & Photographed by Darrell James Roodt2

A young 19 year old rural girl, named Zimbabweby her patriotic father, is orphaned. Starving andwith few choices, she leaves her village in searchof a distant aunt. In the remote border town ofBeitbridge, she is smuggled across the border intoSouth Africa, in search of any life at all. Illegallyin South Africa, Zimbabwe finds work as a domesticworker but is repeatedly abused by her employer.She must commit a violent act to protect herself,and escapes by handing herself over to theauthorities. She is repatriated back to Zimbabwe,only to find that her brother has jumped the borderto go in search of her.A young girl named Zimbabwe (so named by herpatriotic father) finds that life gets even tougherin rural Zimbabwe after the death of her motherfrom the dreaded “thin disease” - AIDS. Her fatherhas also perished from the disease, as has herelder sister, making her responsible for her youngerbrother and her niece, her sister’s baby daughter.The village Headman tells her they must leave,that the village can no longer support them.turn herself into the police - knowing she’ll bedeported - rather than face a worse outcome.Her home-coming is bittersweet: her Aunt’s guiltand worry creates an emotional and warmwelcome but Zimbabwe learns that her brother,Dumi, has just left to attempt a crossing of theLimpopo River in search of her… the cycle oftragedy continues.A jar buried by her mother before herdeath contains some money (nowrendered useless over years ofhyperinflation) and an address of anaunt in the Zimbabwean border townof Beitbridge. The three children walkfor days until they get there, only to getan icy reception from the aunt. Thoughshe reluctantly agrees to let them stay,they are treated like slaves. Zimbabweis all but pushed by her extended familyto jump the border into South Africa tofind work to support them all.In South Africa without any papers, shefinds herself trapped in an illegalemployment racket, where her pay isalmost totally stolen, and she’s constantlyraped at the house where she works.Threats of being reported to the policerender her powerless against her abuseand exploitation. Eventually she takesmatters into her own hands and has to3

A young girl, named Zimbabwe, lives in a remoteZimbabwean rural village. So named by her fatherwho was immensely proud of his land beingliberated from the shackles of colonialism, herstory begins with the death of her mother by thedreaded “thin disease’- AIDS. Her father has alsoperished from the disease, as has her elder sister,making her responsible for her younger brotherand her niece, her sister’s babydaughter.The children are told they mustleave their village - that threeorphans are too many extramouths to feed. Not mentioned,of course, are the villagers’prejudices about AIDS.Zimbabwe’s mother had oftentalked about something she hadburied in case things should gowrong. The old jar Zimbabwedigs up contains a roll of moneyand a letter.The letter mentions an aunt inBeitbridge whom they shouldgo to if the worst came to theworst - which it has. The money,however, is basically worthlessgiven it has been buried duringyears of hyperinflation…'The children spend many dayswalking to Beitbridge - aboutthree hundred kilometres - tofind their aunt; an epic, hot andendless journey across thespectacular landscape of oneof the most beautiful countries in Africa.Upon arrival, the aunt’s reception is cold - thelast thing she wants is three more mouths to feed.But she sees an opportunity to exploit the kids asher servants. She offers them a dingy shed in thebackyard to live in.“Cut off from herfamily and home, andwithout any legality,she is exploited andpowerless, invisibleand alone.”Life in Beitbridge is a forlorn series of menial tasksfor Zimbabwe - her aunt makes her do everything.More than that, her uncle tries to grope her thewhole time. Her brother says they should leave,go back to the village, but Zimbabwe knows that’snot an option. They have to stick it out.A young girl, called Zoe,befriends Zimbabwe. It turns outZoe is a “sex-worker” servicingthe endless stream of trucks thatwait to cross over the borderinto South Africa. Shepersuades Zimbabwe toconsider this as an option formaking some money, to escapeher aunt. Zimbabwe reluctantlyattempts to try it one day. Butwhen it comes to the crunch -she cannot do it.So, it’s a bleak and seeminglyhopeless situation...A creepy cousin offers her analternative - work in SouthAfrica, across the border. ButZimbabwe has no passport andcertainly can’t pay the R1000(US$150) fee for the visa! Thecousin says it’s no problem, thatthrough his contacts she can besmuggled across the border and“taken care of” by anotherfriend in Johannesburg.After lots of soul-searching,Zimbabwe accepts the offer. After a tearfulfarewell to her beloved younger brother, she ishidden in the back of a truck and smuggled acrossthe border.And so begins Zimbabwe’s harrowing trip into the4

heart of darkness. Because she has no passportor visa, she is greeted with hateful xenophobiain Johannesburg by an illegal employment racketbut given a job as a domestic worker in a wellto-dowhite household. Zimbabwe thinks herdreams have come true until she suspects themiddle-men are pilfering all her pay and then shestarts getting abused sexually by her employer.Cut off from her family and home, and withoutany legality, she is exploited and powerless,invisible and alone. Reporting either situation tothe police would lead to her own detention and/ordeportation, though ironically, she lives like aprisoner anyway.Her only glimmer of joy is the young male driverfor the employment racket - also a Zimbabwean- who befriends her.Things come to a head in Johannesburg –Zimbabwe can’t take it anymore and lashes outviolently. Rather than getting herself arrested forwhat she’s done, she turns herself into the policefor being an illegal alien, knowing she’ll bedeported.Before she enters the police station she embracesher friend - he promises to find her when he returnsto Zimbabwe.She then faces the final part of her harrowingordeal: the trip back to Zimbabwe in anovercrowded police van, arriving eventually ata “reception centre” for deported migrants inBeitbridge.The ending is bittersweet: she returns to her aunt’shouse to find that her aunt is remorseful, genuinelyasking for forgiveness about the way she treatedZimbabwe. The bad news she reveals, however,is that her brother Dumi has just left to search forher in South Africa…' by making his way acrossthe Limpopo River - a very dangerous journeywhere many perish.Our story ends with a shot of the mighty LimpopoRiver at sunset, flowing on relentlessly…'5

A mad Australian angel named Nicola Simmondshad seen my film YESTERDAY and had somehowgot in touch with me to make a short film for theNGO she was working for in Zimbabwe, theInternational Organization for Migration (IOM).She came to see me in Johannesburg and pitchedme her idea. I said, let’s not messaround with a short, let’s makea film because this was animportant story to tell. Famouslast words!Let’s make a film! Sure!The thing is we only had themoney for a short, but I justignored that. I arrived inHarare with a PD-150/ 170, I’mnot sure which, went straight toan open-casting call, met somefascinating people, chose theones I thought best suited tothe story, went around thecorner to a charity shop to buythe kind of clothes they shouldbe wearing; the shop was closing in five minutes,but five minutes was enough! We chose the clothesand we shot the first shot by 5:30 that afternoon!That was the spirit of the whole film!Now some theorists/ purists/ critics might disagreewith this “organic” style of filmmaking, but there“It was the mostcomplete filmmakingexperience I’ve everhad - the camerabecame a literalextension of me.”was something utterly compelling and fascinatingthat emerged.The film was made in that spirit. Used to biggerbudgets- sitting behind a monitor, detached fromthe main action, listening to make-up girlsdiscussing what they weregoing to be doing thatweekend, this was a trulyliberating experience! It wasjust me, Nicola and the camera- and my three young actors, ofcourse!We journeyed acrossZimbabwe, filming wheneverwe thought it was pertinent.Amazing! You stop the car andjust start filming! Plus, there wasno screenplay - we improvisedthe whole film!It was the most completefilmmaking experience I’ve everhad - the camera became aliteral extension of me; I was down in the dust ofthe high-density area, sitting under ancient baobabtrees, on the border between South Africa andZimbabwe, EXPERIENCING AND FILMING THISAT THE SAME TIME!In South Africa we complain too often about nothaving enough money to make films -in truth this is the same in any othercountry - but this has inspired me toget off my ass and make more films likethis! You can explore small, personalstories for a very low cost and I’vealready made another film in this vein!It’s a style of filmmaking I recommendto everyone- the jaded and theuninitiated alike. I thank my lucky starsthat Nicola found me! Let’s make moremovies! Lots more!6

This film began life as a short film idea, a way ofwarning Zimbabweans about the risks and realitiesof border jumping, the hardships of a differentkind on the other side – exploitation, abuse,xenophobia. But Director Darrell Roodt got otherideas ... a full-length featurefilm.Darrell arrived in Zimbabwewith a total script, albeit in hishead alone, taken from myoriginal idea. Just one scenehad been written. Scriptdevelopment and preproductiontook place laterthat day over a bowl of pasta,casting started the followingmorning at 8am – where we met30 or so community theatreactors and their kids. By noonwe were tearing around thecorner with 6 actors to theWVS (Women’s VolunteerService) to buy second-handclothes and props before theplace closed for the weekend.A couple of hours later, we shotthe first scenes of the film. Thenext morning we squeezed intoa van and set out for the bordertown of Beitbridge, an eighthourdrive from Harare.Halfway there, we saw apicturesque and perfect villagefor shooting our village scenes. Not only werethe villagers happy for us to shoot there but theVillage Headman agreed to be our VillageHeadman, his daughter was happy to play boththe dead mother and another small part, and theother villagers played extras and helped buildsets without a blink of an eyelid - as though filmcrews turn up every day and ask to shoot in theirvillage…' which of course they don’t, given thelack on international press in Zimbabwe.“Not only were thevillagers happy for usto shoot there but theVillage Headmanagreed to be ourVillage Headman.”Because of the stark and stunning natural locationsthat Zimbabwe provides, together with thecongeniality of the people on the streets(agreeing to act in the film and lend us their houses,trucks and hair “saloons” to shoot in), Darrell’svision and dedication and a lotof African magic, the filmprogressed seamlessly. All theZimbabwean scenes, or twothirdsof the film, were shot(and pre-produced!) in lessthan two weeks.The storyline isn’t tricky orcomprised of twists, but it is atrue story. Not one woman’sstory…' but many women’s,many men’s and many youngZimbabwean’s story today.Thousands flee across the fiveborders every day in search ofa better life. Not only are thesejourneys (across crocodileinfestedrivers, mountains,national parks) fraught withdifficulties, natural dangers,human harassment and violence,but, if one does actually makeit, life on the other side can beeven harder than the life theyfled. Isolation, loneliness,xenophobia and exploitationcan lead to a long chain ofother miserable consequences.Contracting AIDS and/or dying an anonymousdeath are far too common outcomes for suchpeople.Happily, our main character does not befall sucha fate. She’s smart, and a survivor, with a fiercesense of right and wrong. This story should beviewed as an insight as well as an inspiration foranyone who sees it, but particularly forZimbabweans, to whom this film is dedicated.7

The country of Zimbabwe continues to makeheadlines for all the wrong reasons. Hyperinflationis anywhere between 6,000 and 60,000percent. Seven out of 10 adults don’t have a job.One out of every five adults is HIV-positive. Thecountry has more orphans, as a percentage ofchildren, than any nation on the planet. And theWorld Bank has called the economy “the fastestfalling in the world outside a war zone”.Say these statistics quickly andthey are just another set oftragic numbers from Africa. Butbehind each of these grislystatistics is a face, usually anindustrious, educated face. AZimbabwean face that refusesto give up.As drought exacerbates thecollapse of living standards,more and more people arefleeing the country. But there are no guaranteesof a better life for the hundreds of Zimbabweanswho illegally leave their country every day.Migrants who live or work abroad without thecorrect documents are known as irregularmigrants. Irregular or illegal migrants are morelikely to become victims of xenophobia,exploitation, and abuse, withno access to medical or legalhelp, and the constant fear ofdetention and deportation.Irregular or illegal migrantsfind themselves unable to movefreely within the country and,if they work without properpermits, they may be paid lessor nothing at all, deniedholidays and social security.If caught, an illegal migrant canface an unpleasant deportationprocess and is often denied his“The approach ofeveryday Zimbabweansis simple –never, ever give up.”or her legal rights to assistance. It can bedangerous and can place them at a greater riskof becoming victim to human trafficking, or,particularly in the case of girls and women, tosexual slavery. This can put their health and livesin general at risk, HIV/AIDS being one major risk.Although it is impossible to count numbers crossingfrom Zimbabwe into neighbouring countriesthrough irregular or illegalways, it has been reported thatas many as 17,000Zimbabweans a month werebeing deported from SouthAfrica alone.All is not lost for Zimbabwe,however. Despite the economiccrisis, Zimbabweans continueto find ways to ensure theirchildren are educated, oftenforgoing bread for books. Andwhile the western world debates pensions andretirement ages, Zimbabwean grandmothersensure that 90 percent of the country’s orphansremain in the extended family.The approach of everyday Zimbabweans is simple– never, ever give up.8

MeisiePrey (BridgetMoynahan,CarlySchroeder)Number 10Faith’s Corner (music by PhilipGlass)Charlie Jade (Sci-fi series forCanadian television)Yesterday (HBO FILMS) OscarNomination-Best Foreign FilmInfinite Darkness (Casper VanDien, Coolio)Pavement (Robert Patrick,Lauren Holly)Sumuru (Michael Shanks)Queen's Messenger (GaryDaniels)Second Skin (NatashaHenstridge; Peter Fonda; AngusMcFadyen)Dangerous Ground (ElizabethHurley; Ice Cube; Ving Rhames)Cry, The Beloved Country(James Earl Jones; RichardHarris; Charles Dutton)Fatherhood (Patrick Swayze,Halle Berry)Sarafina! (Whoopi Goldberg)To the DeathJobmanThe StickCity of BloodA Tenth of a SecondA Place of WeepingKudzai Chimbaira (21) -Zimbabwe21 year old Kudzai is currentlytraining as an actor in Harare,Zimbabwe. She has performedin various theatre performances, includingAbigail’s Party, Vinegar Tom, Hill View andMidsummer’s African Dream. She has acted inthe short films, Pamvura (2005), Breast Express(2007), and The Return (2007), for which she wasawarded the Best Performance Award, at ZIFF,2007. She is also trained in dance.Farai Veremu (16) - DumiFarai lives in a high densitysuburb of Harare calledDzivarasekwa where he alsogoes to school, plays socceras often and as seriously as he can, and drumsand dances for his local community drama group.He would like to be a drummer and an actor“when he grows up”.Natasha Gandi (4) -YvonneNatasha was three years oldwhen we shot the film butmanaged to take direction andfit into the shooting schedule like a professional.She has an extraordinarily chirpy nature andseems to adore the whole field of acting. Herfather is a community theatre actor and shespends a lot of time watching him and his team,even when they’re rehearsing.Muzimba “C-Blud” Mukoki(23) - GiftBetter known in Zimbabwe asC-Blud, the hip hop artist, hehas three albums out: TheOutcome, Whatever it Takes and C-Blud andEnvyard Presents The Backyard. He composesand produces all his own work and is currentlytrying to create his own record label. He’s alsobeen doing some professional acting and theatrebut this is his first film.Tongayi A. Chirisa (25) -CharlesTongayi is an AFDA student,studying his Bachelors Degreein Live Performance. He hashad a very successful career in Zimbabwe. Hehas been nominated, and won many NAMAawards over the last five years. He played thepart of Detective Trevor Davies, in the everpopularZimbabwean soapie, Studio 263. Hehas appeared in many feature films, the most9

well known being, Tanyaradzwa in 2004, whichhe won the Best Actor for Film and Televisionaward. He is experienced in theatre and he isa phenomenal singer!Folen Murapa (24) - ZoeFolen has been acting for twoyears with Patsime, acommunity theatre group thattravels Zimbabwe doingHIV/AIDS outreach. She has done radio dramasfor Rooftop Productions and featured in aZimbabwean TV drama called Suburb D, playinga Pastor’s wife.Mildred Chipuriro (51) - theAuntMildred has been acting forfive years in communitytheatre and has also done aradio drama called The Ball.Andrew Worsdale (46) –the nasty white manJohannesburg-born AndrewWorsdale studied drama atWits University, then aFulbright Scholarship for an MFA in Film and TV,at UCLA. Active as an actor, he has appearedon stage in productions ranging from “TorchSong Trilogy” to “King Lear.” In film and televisionhe has appeared in South African TV seriesIsidingo as well as in feature films ranging fromManie Van Rensburg’s “The Fourth Reich” toDarrell James Roodt’s “Faith’s Corner”. Mostrecently he appeared in Dutch director PaulRuven’s feature “Surprise!”.Jennifer Steyn – the wifeJennifer Steyn graduated fromThe University of Cape Townin 1983, winning the award forBest Drama Student. Extensivework in theatre, film and television includesworking with Athol Fugard at the McCarterTheatre and Spoleto Festival, U.S.A in 1998.Film highlights include “Cry The BelovedCountry” directed by Darrell Roodt, “Red Dustwith Hillary Swank Tim Hooper, and “Borderline”for HBO.TV roles include Dorrie Paton, in “The Principal”and Marge in “Madam and Eve”. She hasperformed in Athol Fugard’s latest play, “Sorrowsand Rejoicings” at the Tricycle Theatre, London.David Dukas – the husbandAfter graduating from HighSchool in 1988, David went onto complete the NationalHigher Diploma: Acting atPretoria Technikon’s School for Performing Arts.He began his career on the stage for the formerPACT (Performing Arts Council of Transvaal).In 1994 he made his television debut in SouthAfrica’s longest running soapie, “Egoli – Placeof Gold”. To date he has acted in 22 films and16 TV series. David also adores comedy (BobbyBlackburn in e-tv’s “Madam & Eve”, as well asDr.Fidel Gastro in Casper De Vries’ “Haak enSteek”.As a filmmaker he has made several short filmsand produced some documentaries. In 1987 hedirected the cult underground feature-film ShotDown. As a journalist he has worked for theMail &Guardian, Sunday Times, Cahiers DuCinema, Sight and Sound and ScreenInternational.10

International Organisationfor Migration (IOM)Established in 1951 as anintergovernmentalorganization to resettleEuropean displaced persons, refugees andmigrants, IOM has now grown to encompass avariety of migration management activitiesthroughout the world. After half a century ofworldwide operational experience, IOM hasbecome the leading international organizationworking with migrants and governments toprovide humane responses to migrationchallenges.Nicola SimmondsNicola Simmonds is a producer/director for film,television and radio. In the last five years she haschanneled her commercial, big-budgetbackground into exciting and innovative but lowbudgetmedia for development. After doingcampaigns for landmines and HIV/AIDS in Angola(releasing a hip-hop song with artist Andy Brown,directing a TV commercial with Angola’s topbasketball player and a weekly one-hour radioshow for youth) she has produced a music CD inZimbabwe with top Zimbabwean artists includingOliver Mtukudzi and several documentariesthrough IOM to warn potential border jumpersof the risks of the very real dangers they face.Dv8 FilmsDv8’s focus is on commercial,challenging stories that areinnovative and unique andsuitable to be financed andproduced in South Africa.Dennis Mashabela and Ndoda Madalane haverecently acquired 50% of Dv8 Films. Dennisbrings a vast history of media experience.Ndoda comes from an investment bankingbackground and will provide strong corporategovernance and structuring.Dennis Mashabela & Ndoda MadalaneDennis Mashabela and Ndoda Madalane haverecently acquired 50% of Dv8 Films. Dennis bringsa vast history of media experience. Ndoda comesfrom an investment banking background and willprovide strong corporate governance andadvice.Jeremy NathanJeremy Nathan has been involved in the SouthAfrican film and television industries for nearlytwenty years. He has produced numerous features,television dramas, documentaries and short films.These include:SMS SUGAR MAN, BUNNY CHOW, THE FLYER,WAH-WAH, FORGIVENESS, MAX ANDMONA, CRAZY MONKEY, BOESMAN ANDLENA, PROMISED LAND, IN A TIME OFVIOLENCE (aka THE LINE), THE FOREIGNER,PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MAN DROWNING,HUSK, JUMP THE GUN, the AFRICA DREAMINGand SHORT AND CURLIES series, ULIBAMBELINGASHONI, the 5 hour documentary serieson the ANC, NEW VOICES documentary seriesfor Discovery Europe, and SHOT DOWN.Michelle WheatleyMichelle graduated from the AFDA Film Schoolin 1998. She joined Devereaux-Harris, producingover 50 music videos, numerous musicdocumentaries, and live shows for Channel O.For Dv8 Films, she production managed Max &Mona, and produced The Flyer. Most recentlyMichelle has produced the world’s first featurefilm shot on mobile phones, SMS Sugar Man andco-produced John Barker’s Bunny Chow.Michelle is Managing Director of Dv8 Films.Ndoda MadalaneNdoda Madalane is a founder, majorityshareholder and CEO of Tawa Group, acompany involved in private equity managementand real estate developments. He was a cofounderand shareholder in Shanduka Group –11

an investment holding and Private Equity Fundmanagement company - alongside Investec,Standard Bank, Cyril Ramaphosa and otherinvestment professionals. Ndoda was the CEOof the Shanduka Group until 2006.commercial viability, encourages developmentand provides a medium through which thecreative and technical talents of South Africansare able to reach the world.Dennis Morakiwa MashabelaDennis Mashabela is an entrepreneur who hasspent the past 20 years primarily in the area ofadvertising, marketing and corporate strategyconsulting. He co-founded HerdBuoys, SA’s 1stblack-owned advertising agency, after 7 yearsin advertising and brand management with JWalter Thompson, Ogilvy & Mather andStellenbosch Farmers Winery. He also foundedMashabela Leo Burnett, SA’s 2nd black-ownedad-agency.Moroba NkaweMoroba Nkawe completed a BCom Degree inEconomics at the University of Cape Town in2002. She then entered the film and televisionindustry working in various aspects ofproduction. In 2005 she studied Producing atAFDA. She has worked on various commercials,TV Series (including Jozi-H) and feature films,including Country of My Skull. Moroba is aProducer for Dv8 Films.National Film and VideoFoundation (NFVF)The NFVF is a statutory bodymandated by a progressiveAct of Parliament tospearhead the equitable growth anddevelopment in the South African film and videoindustry.Our Mission: To create an environment thatdevelops and promotes the South African filmand video industries domestically andinternationally.Our Vision: A quality film and video industry thatmirrors and represents the nation, sustains12

Written, Directed & Photographed byDarrell J RoodtBased on a story byNicola SimmondsProducersJeremy NathanNicola SimmondsExecutive ProducersMichelle WheatleyMoroba NkaweEditorKosta KalarytisSound DesignWarrick SonyOriginal Music ScoreKalahari SurfersCASTZimbabweKudzai ChimbairaDumiFarai VeremuYvonneNatasha GandiAuntMildred ChipuriroUnclePhinneus NcubeGiftMasimba “C-Blud” MukokiZoeFolen MurapaCharlesTongai A. ChirisaNasty white manAndrew WorsdaleNasty black ladyAbigailWifeJennifer SteynHusbandDavid DukasVillage HeadmanChief Lorence MashokoHeadman’s wifeMakazvida MashokoWomanRosemary MashokoExtras in VillageJuliet MatsongaBeauty MahokoLorin MutuhwePetronella MashodzoObviousObvious MbaimbaiYoung GirlUnity MuleyaDriver #1Billion SibundaDriver # 2Nhemachena MudzvitiNFVFDevelopment & ProductionRyan HaidarianClarence HamiltonPRODUCTION TEAMProduction ManagerNicola SimmondsProduction AssistantJudith ChinamaringaPika MlangeniProduction AccountantBuyisile KubhekaRobert PageDriversLeka ChikotiPlaxedes Rwafa13

SOUNDSound RecorderIvan MilboroughADR EngineerTami BimhaAssistantFolen MurapaFoleysChaitanya CharanaSound Effects EditorChaitanya CharanaMix StudioMilestone Studios, Cape TownRe-recording MixerWarrick SonySubtitlesZola MbolekwaFolen MurapaART DEPARTMENTWeb MasterMarcel MeyerPublicity StillsJennifer WheatleyGraphic DesignRohan ReddyThis film is dedicated to thepeople of ZimbabweThe Producers would like to thankthe following:The Department for International Development(DFID); Chaka Village, Masvingo Province;the residents of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe;and the deported migrants at IOM’s BeitbridgeReception and Support CentreMUSICAll music written & composed byKalahari SurfersComposerWarrick SonyPublisherFree State Music“Amaiguru”Kalahari SurfersWritten by: M AndersonHi Z Publishing14

“Zimbabwe’s mother had often talked aboutsomething she had buried in case things shouldgo wrong. The old jar Zimbabwe digs up containsa roll of money and a letter.”

The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayed in thisfilm are fictitious. No identification with actual persons, places,buildings, events or products is intended or should be inferred.All rights reserved.©2008 Darrell J Roodt, IOM, Dv8 Filmswww.dv8.co.za16

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