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The notion that only whites can be racist barely survives this riveting 2009 documentary.
83
If there's anything missing from Bailey and Thompson's searing documentary, it's a consideration of the possible arguments against Campbell and Freeth.
80
This is one of those documentaries that stays with you for years. The injustice infuriates and the story, simply and deftly told, breaks your heart.
80
The documentary sometimes bears an eerie resemblance to Claire Denis' brilliant "White Material" in its tense evocation of menace stalking the periphery of the frame.
80
As their extraordinarily brave black female attorney points out, at stake are not merely the rights of this family or indeed of all white farmers, but the future of race relations and human rights in Africa.
80
The documentary is powerful, as far as it goes, but would be stronger if the filmmakers had been able to follow the story further.
80
Its awkward title notwithstanding, Mugabe and the White African offers the sort of narrative drama rarely found in documentaries.
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Though much of the movie was shot in secret to protect the filmmakers, Bailey and Thompson managed to create a remarkably vivid portrait of a land and its people, while bringing us two unforgettable heroes in Campbell and Freeth.
75
It seems to me that Campbell has a good case here--good enough, anyway, to convince the judges on the African court.
70
The courses of colonialism and racial strife were radically different in America and Australia than they were in Africa. That doesn't make Mr. Freeth's cause any less just, but it does mean that Mugabe and the White African needs to be approached with care.
