Matabeleland

Status: In Post-Production

WORLD PREMIERE: CPH:DOX 2025

Chris has always believed his family is cursed ever since his father’s brutal murder in 1983 when President Robert Mugabe orchestrated the massacre of over 20,000 people in Matabeleland. Nearly four decades later, Chris, an immigrant in neighbouring Botswana, is struggling to support his massive family as he grapples with unpaid wages from his job, leaving him stretched thin and often absent. His girlfriend, Dumi, loves him but warns that their relationship can only continue if he finally commits to marriage.

A political shift brings hope, and Chris meets Shari, a woman who conducts exhumations so he can finally rebury his father in the right place. As Chris embarks on a journey to honour his father’s memory, he faces a profound question: will this reburial grant him the closure he has sought for so long, or will it force him to confront the consequences of his own choices?



 

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CREDITS

Director

Nyasha Kadandara

Producer

Sam Soko

Co-Producer 

Bob Moore

Executive Producers

Bramwel Iro

 

Bob Moore

 

Mila Aung-Thwin

 

Dan Cross

 

Ron DeFilippo

 

Sam Soko

Cinematographer

Nyasha Kadandara

Editor

Jordan Inaan

Music by

Eduardo Aram

 

Gabriel Milliet

Principal Cast

Chris Nyathi

 

Dumi Ndaba

 

Shari Eppel

Additional Cinematography

Zinyange Auntony

 

Stanley Chukwuma

Additional Editing

Mike Onyiego

Line Producer

Joan Njeri

 

Ruth Munyiri

Associate Producer

Bertha Kadandara

 

Nicole Sobecki

 

Zoe Flood

Story Consultant

Niels Pagh Andersen

 

Ryan Mullins

Production Manager

Ivy Kiru

Visual Effects

Frame Blend Post

 

Koome Mwirebua

Sound Designer

Benoit Dame

 

Jeremie Jones

Production Company

LBx Africa

In Association with

Eyesteel Films