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Im Film wird die Geschichte zweier junger Frauen während des Unabhängigkeitskrieges in Rhodesien, dem heutigen Simbabwe, erzählt. Als sie sich 15 Jahre später wieder treffen, müssen sie sich zwar eingestehen, dass viele ihrer Ideale nicht eingelöst werden konnten - doch Resignation liegt ihnen fern. Der kollektive Kampf um die Unabhängigkeit des heutigen Zimbabwe wird so sogleich zu einer Metapher für den Kampf um die persönliche Freiheit afrikanischer Frauen.
| Original Title | Flame | ||||||||||
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| German Title | Flame | ||||||||||
| French Title | Flame | ||||||||||
| Other Titles | Flame | ||||||||||
| Directed by | Sinclair & Bright Ingrid & Simon | ||||||||||
| Country | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||
| Available Formats | DVD | ||||||||||
| Screenplay | Ingrid Sinclai, Barbara Jago, Philip Roberts | ||||||||||
| Film Editing | Elisabeth Moulinier | ||||||||||
| Soundtrack | Dick 'Chinx' Chingaira, Keith Goddard, Philip Roberts | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | João Costa | ||||||||||
| Décors | Carine Tredgold | ||||||||||
| Costumes | Heeten Bhagat | ||||||||||
| Production | Simon Bright, Joel Phiri | ||||||||||
| Runtime | 90 Min. | ||||||||||
| Language | Englisch/d/f | ||||||||||
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"Flame is a bold, powerful, and deeply moving portrayal of the courage and complexity of Zimbabwean women freedom fighters. It depicts the real-life relationships among those engaged in national liberation struggles and of the challenge of sustaining those relationships in times of peace. This is a very impressive work."
Angela Davis
"This tremendous film tells a story which is both unfashionable and politically incorrect in its home country...The applause for this film was the loudest at Cannes."
The Guardian
"A unique film that personalizes issues often overlooked - the differences between rural and urban, uneducated and educated, which emerge in post-revolutionary societies like Zimbabwe's. Anyone examining the situation of women in post-colonial countries will find Flame an accessible and engaging resource."
Joel Samoff, Stanford University
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