Flame (1996)
The 1970s in the former Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe: The native people is going against the white suppressors. As the war reaches the most distant villages as well the two friends Florence and Nyasha join the fighters and assume new names: Flame and Liberty. But the war is not as easy as they thought...
- Date of release
- 1996-01-02
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Ingrid Sinclair
Casting
- Marian Kunonga — Florence (Flame)
- Ulla Mahaka — Nyasha (Liberty)
- Moise Matura — Che
- Norman Madawo — Danger
- Dick 'Chinx' Chingaira — Rapo
- Enoch Nyati — Commander Tsika
Interesting facts
Flame is a controversial 1996 war film directed by Ingrid Sinclair, produced by Joel Phiri and Simon Bright, written by Ingrid Sinclair, Barbara Jago and Philip Roberts (writer) and stars Marian Kunonga and Ulla Mahaka. It was the first Zimbabwean film, since independence, to be set in the Rhodesian Bush War. It served as a tribute to the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army's many female guerrillas.
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