Edwina Spicer

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Edwina Spicer
Born1948 (age 76–77)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityZimbabwean
Occupation(s)journalist and documentary filmmaker

Edwina Spicer (born 1948) is a Zimbabwean journalist and documentary filmmaker. [1]

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Life

Spicer was born in 1948 in Belfast. [2]

Spicer benefited from the growth of independent production companies in Zimbabwe between 1980 and 1995. [3] Her documentaries have received funding from international donors and the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe. [4]

Spicer's 1987 documentary Bilo – Breaking the Silence was the first mini-feature to be shot in Zimbabwe. In 1988, despite financial backing, political opposition in Zimbabwe blocked her from completing a documentary on AIDS, Aids – The Killer Disease. [5]

In January 2002, Spicer's son, an MDC activist, was tied to a tree, beaten and arrested for kidnapping. [6] The following month Spicer's home was searched by police, and her husband was also arrested and detained. [7] [8] Spicer herself was detained by police after filming the MDC leader Morgan Tsvangarai in Harare. [9]

Films

References

  1. ↑ Roy Armes (2008). "Spicer, Edwina". Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 122. ISBN   978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. ↑ Le clap, ou, A la connaissance des cinéastes africains et de la diaspora. Etablissements SYKIF. 2001. p. 501.
  3. ↑ Tendai Chari (2014). "Recapturing a Nation's Fading Memory through Video: An analysis of 'Chimurenga' videos". In Foluke Ogunleye (ed.). African Film: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 48. ISBN   978-1-4438-5749-9.
  4. ↑ Katrina Daly Thompson (2012). Zimbabwe's Cinematic Arts: Language, Power, Identity. Indiana University Press. p. 53. ISBN   978-0-253-00656-1.
  5. ↑ Kenneth W. Harrow (1997). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. p. 172. ISBN   90-420-0143-7.
  6. ↑ Ian Black, "EU sanctions loom as Mugabe ignores deadline for poll plans", The Guardian , 19 January 2002.
  7. ↑ Karen MacGregor, "Mugabe sees conspiracy all around", The Independent , 17 February 2002.
  8. ↑ "Journalist detained, his video camera seized by police", Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), 19 February 2002.
  9. ↑ Peta Thornycroft, "Tsvangirai charged with treason", The Telegraph , 26 February 2002.


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