Gonarezhou (film)

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]

Gonarezhou
Directed bySydney Taivavashe
StarringTariro Mnangagwa, Tamy Moyo
Release date
  • September 2019 (2019-09)[1]
CountryZimbabwe

Premise

The film is about a young man called Zulu who suffers various misfortunes and joins a poaching gang.[4]

Cast

Release

The film is scheduled to be released in 2019 with no actual date stated.[7] Gonarezhou was shown at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival.[8]

Production

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 of 2018.[12]

References
  1. http://www.zbc.co.zw/gonarezhou-movie-premieres-in-turkey-this-september/
  2. Mail, The Sunday. "Tamy ventures into acting". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  3. comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  5. "Mnangagwa's daughter in anti-poaching film". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  6. Mail, The Sunday. "Tamy ventures into acting". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  7. comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  8. "Gonarezhou: The Movie - Pan African Film Festival 2020". FilmRoot. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  9. "Tirivashe aims for an Oscar with new film". Zimbo Jam. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  10. Thornycroft, Peta (2013-10-20). "Poachers kill 300 Zimbabwe elephants with cyanide". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  11. "Poachers Kill 300 Zimbabwe Elephants in Worst Massacre in Southern Africa in 25 Years". One Green Planet. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  12. 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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