Edwina Spicer

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 0-253-35116-2.
  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 0-253-00656-2.
  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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