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Flame (1996) (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
Zimbabwe ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Ingrid Sinclair

Written By:
Barbara Jago
Philip Roberts

Actors:
Dick 'Chinx' Chigaira ..... Rapo
Robina Chombe ..... Charity
Sithembiso Gumbo ..... Pedzi
John Jacobson ..... Photo Journalist
Jackie Jojo ..... Shingi
Marian Kunonga ..... Florence (Flame)
Norman Madawo ..... Danger
Ulla Mahaka ..... Nyasha (Liberty)
Moise Matura ..... Che
Stanford Sengu ..... Panther

Synopsis:

Two modern Zimbabwean women reminisce about their time as freedom fighters twenty years before. The story of Florence and Nyasha is told via flashback. It begins in Mozambique where the women have come to train as soldiers. At first the men reject their presence, making it plain that the two are second class citizens. One day though, Florence and Nyahsa who take on the names 'Flame' and 'Liberty' respectively are called to fight. They prove themselves courageous and determined. Flame is pregnant and loses her baby during a Rhodesian air strike, but this does not stop her. Eventually the story returns to the present where the two friends attend a reunion on Hero's Day. It is there that they realize that most of the freedom fighters, especially the women have been basically forgotten.

The story begins in a small village in Rhodesia (which will became Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980 after years of civil war), when the war is hotting up. The life of two teenage girls are changed when the father of one of them is detained by the Rhodesians. They decide to walk to Mozambique to join the struggle. Life in the camps is harsh. They training on equal terms with the men, take war names Flame and Liberty, and take their place in the common fight.

The 1970s in the former Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe: The native people is going against the white suppressors. As the war reaches the most distant villages as well the two friends Florence and Nyasha join the fighters and assume new names: Flame and Liberty. But the war is not as easy as they thought...

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 21 March, 2023.