Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film President
(Præsidenten)

Zimbabwe is at a crossroad. The new leader of the opposition party, MDC, Nelson Chamisa, is challenging the old guard, ZANU-PF, represented by the acting president Emmerson Mnangagwa, also known as ‘the crocodile’. The election will be the ultimate test for both the ruling party and for the opposition. How will they interpret the principles of democracy in a post-Mugabe era – in discourse and in practice?  

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2021
Production country:
Denmark
USA
Co production country:
Norway
Release date (international):
2021-01-29
Production company:
Final Cut for Real
Co production company:
Louverture Films
Sant & Usant AS
Executive producer:
Susan Rockefeller
Danny Glover
Producer:
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Joslyn Barnes
Co producer:
Anne Köhncke
Anita Rehoff Larsen
Sales agent:
Cinephil - Distribution & Co-Productions

Director

  • Camilla Nielsson

    From 1997 to 2000, Camilla Nielsson was a Fulbright Scholar at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a member of the anthropology department, focusing on documentary filmmaking and visual anthropology. She directed Good Morning Afghanistan (2003), Durga (2004), Children of Darfur (2005), and Mumbai Disconnected (2009). Her feature documentary Democrats (2014) won 20 awards and nominations, including Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.  

Crew

Director:
Camilla Nielsson
Cinematographer:
Henrik Bohn Ipsen
Editor:
Jeppe Bødskov
Composer:
Jonas Colstrup
Sound Design:
Håkon Lammetun

Technical information

Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
130'

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