Edwina Spicer

Edwina Spicer
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityZimbabwean
Occupation(s)journalist and documentary filmmaker

Edwina Spicer (born 1948) is a Zimbabwean journalist and documentary filmmaker.[1]

Life

Spicer was born in 1948 in Belfast.[2]

Spicer benefited from the growth of independent production companies in Zimbabwe between 1980 and 1995.[3] Her documentaries have received funding from international donors and the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe.[4]

Spicer's 1987 documentary Bilo – Breaking the Silence was the first mini-feature to be shot in Zimbabwe. In 1988, despite financial backing, political opposition in Zimbabwe blocked her from completing a documentary on AIDS, Aids – The Killer Disease.[5]

In January 2002, Spicer's son, an MDC activist, was tied to a tree, beaten and arrested for kidnapping.[6] The following month Spicer's home was searched by police, and her husband was also arrested and detained.[7][8] Spicer herself was detained by police after filming the MDC leader Morgan Tsvangarai in Harare.[9]

Films

  • Biko, Breaking the Silence, 1987
  • No Need to Blame, 1993
  • A Place for Everybody, 1993
  • Keeping a Live Voice: 15 Years of Democracy in Zimbabwe, 1995
  • Dancing out of Tune: a History of the Media in Zimbabwe, 1999
  • Never the Same Again: Zimbabwe's Growth Towards Democracy 1980-2000, 2000

References

  1. ^ Roy Armes (2008). "Spicer, Edwina". Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. ^ Le clap, ou, A la connaissance des cinéastes africains et de la diaspora. Etablissements SYKIF. 2001. p. 501.
  3. ^ Tendai Chari (2014). "Recapturing a Nation's Fading Memory through Video: An analysis of 'Chimurenga' videos". In Foluke Ogunleye (ed.). African Film: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4438-5749-9.
  4. ^ Katrina Daly Thompson (2012). Zimbabwe's Cinematic Arts: Language, Power, Identity. Indiana University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-253-00656-1.
  5. ^ Kenneth W. Harrow (1997). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. p. 172. ISBN 90-420-0143-7.
  6. ^ Ian Black, "EU sanctions loom as Mugabe ignores deadline for poll plans", The Guardian, 19 January 2002.
  7. ^ Karen MacGregor, "Mugabe sees conspiracy all around", The Independent, 17 February 2002.
  8. ^ "Journalist detained, his video camera seized by police", Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), 19 February 2002.
  9. ^ Peta Thornycroft, "Tsvangirai charged with treason", The Telegraph, 26 February 2002.


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