We Are Zama Zama

We Are Zama Zama 2021 Released

Directed by Rosalind Morris

Documentary · 73 min

 

We Are Zama Zama 2021 Released

Directed by Rosalind Morris

Documentary · 73 min

 

In South Africa’s abandoned mines, men scrabble for gold, using hand hammers and bicycle head-lamps, often remaining underground for days, often without food. Their survival is dependent on their hands – and luck. They are gamblers, or Zama Zama, who hope to scrounge a living from exhausted veins despite crumbling mineshafts and criminal overlords because at home in Zimbabwe they have nothing, there is nothing. The video footage is shot... see more

In South Africa’s abandoned mines, men scrabble for gold, using hand hammers and bicycle head-lamps, often remaining underground for days, often without food. Their survival is dependent on their hands – and luck. They are gamblers, or Zama Zama, who hope to scrounge a living from exhausted veins despite crumbling mineshafts and criminal overlords because at home in Zimbabwe they have nothing, there is nothing. The video footage is shot... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jun 11, 2021
COUNTRY
ZA
LANGUAGE
TN
SPOKEN
Ndebele, Ndebele, Shona, Sotho, Tswana
BUDGET
N/A
REVENUE
N/A