An Exciting New Era - Screenings in Europe, and VIMEO STREAMING

It’s an exciting new time for WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA. After the film’s gradual entry into the world at film festivals during the pandemic, a new wave of special screenings and audience talk-backs with the director has begun.

In June, the film was screened at the Scala arthouse cinema in Lüneburg, Germany, as part of the opening festivities for the new Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society (LIAS) at Leuphana University.

Upcoming screenings will be held in Geneva, in conjunction with the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy and the Graduate Institute (November 13) and in Venice, at the Giorgione Cinema, co-hosted by Universita Ca’ Foscari New Institute for Environmental Humanities (NICHE) and McGill University’s Critical Media Lab (November 23).

On February 1st, 2024, WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA will show at the MARKK (Hamburg’s Museum am Rothenbaum for Kulturne und Künste der Welt/Museum for World Culture and Art).

We’re also thrilled to announce that the film is now available for streaming on Vimeo. You can access the full director’s cut at the link here, or via the button on the homepage of this website. At 74 minutes, this is the full and original version of the film with English subtitles, and is not the dipped and dubbed 52 minute edit currently hosted on BBC Africa.

February Updates

2022 has kicked off with great excitement for WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA and we have some wonderful news to share. 

WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA was a favorite at the New York African Diaspora Film Festival and was programmed as part of the 'Best of the Fest' screenings in January. The documentary film has also been invited as an Official Selection for the Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) which runs May 6-15. 

Earlier this month, The Daily Maverick hosted a private screening and webinar discussion with WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA director, Rosalind Morris alongside journalist, Richard Poplak. The event permitted a broad South African audience to engage with the film and partake in a riveting Q&A with the two hosts. The recorded conversation can be accessed here and a praising article about the event, here.

Finally, ‘The Zama Zama Project’ will be presented in-person at the 2022 Berlinale Film Festival Expanded Forum. The project was originally invited to the festival in 2021 but due to COVID-19 restrictions, was not physically displayed. Rosalind Morris will be traveling to Berlin this month to promote the films and participate in the festival events. 

As always, you can keep updated with WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA news by following our Instagram page or Facebook page. 

November News

It’s been a busy past few weeks but we are so pleased to share a few festival updates, nominations and some news about upcoming screenings.

WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA played at the Annual Copenhagen Film Festival (Nov 5-6, 2021) where it was nominated for Best Feature Documentary. The film was also selected to play at the South African Film Festival Canada - November 4 - 14, 2021 (Canada-wide, virtual) as well as the Oslo Film Festival earlier this month.

Later in November, the film will screen at the acclaimed New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (in-person & virtual) Nov 26-Dec 12, 2021. WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA will screen Dec 3-6.

NYADIFF will celebrate its 29th anniversary exclusively in the NYC Tri-State area with 77 narratives and documentaries from 38 countries, including 38 world, US and NY premieres. Go to http://nyadiff.org if you’d like to view the schedule and start buying tickets. 

WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA premieres at the ENCOUNTERS International Film Festival! June 10 – 21

It’s been five years in the making, and now, We are Zama Zama is ready to enter the world. I’m enormously pleased that the film will have its premiere at the ENCOUNTERS Film Festival in South Africa, June 10 – 21, 2021. This is a film of and from South Africa, and the ENCOUNTERS festival is for viewers in Africa. So, it’s a perfect starting point for this documentary’s journey.

Learn more about the film and the wonderful South African creative team here on the website, including cinematographer Ebrahim Hajee and sound recordist, Musa Radebe. You’ll also meet there the amazing people whose lives anchor the film: Rogers ‘Bhekani’ Mumpande, Prosper Ncube, Darren Munenge.

View our trailer. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram.  And visit our film’s page on the ENCOUNTERS Website: https://www.encounters.co.za. 

You can find WE ARE ZAMA ZAMA here and obtain tickets here. (Tickets are only available to people resident and with an IP address in Africa.)

Finally, share the news! Please feel free to forward this press release to friends, family and colleagues in Africa.