adminThe documentary and the novel are titled Lest we forget where we came from.
In an interview a member of the Light Machine Gun (LMG) choir, Happiness Sibanda said the novel and the documentary are meant to teach the youths on the importance of Zimbabwe’s liberations struggle that brought about our independence.
“The documentary and the novel are meant to teach youths how we fought the liberation struggle through film. We are not only reminding the born-frees but every Zimbabwean because some have forgotten how we got our independence.
“We want Zimbabweans to appreciate that some people sacrificed their lives so that we could have the freedom we are enjoying,” she said.
The documentary covers the period of racial segregation until the country attained independence.
“It will start from the time when we were under the white segregation and will include the time after independence and the present time when we are still resisting the sanctions and will also feature the LMG Choir songs from the 1980s and footages taken during the struggle to attain independence.
“We will feature in our film Cdes like Themba Ncube, Jabulani Sibanda and musicians like Gladys Moyo, Cde Chinx and will also feature women and men from Mkushi and Freedom camps respectively as they are the people who were affected by the bombardments during the liberation struggle.
“The novel will be just the history of the armed struggle and we interviewed a number of politicians and some ex-combatants,” said Sibanda
Script writer and director Majaha Ndlovu said they were appealing to any one who has footages of the liberation struggle to assist them.
Online Reporter