Black President

Feb 7, 2015

1h 26m

★ 2.0

Overview

Exiled, yet internationally celebrated Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai's demons come to life as he tries to flee South Africa following increasingly fractious experiences on the Johannesburg art scene. His greatest demon “Black Guilt” is one he can never shake off, this burden of having to speak for his people. But Is this responsibility really a burden at all, or is it actually a superpower? Either way, will Kudzi ever be President of His Own State of Being?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

End Street Africa

Black President Trailers

Cast

Kudzanai Chiurai

Interviewer / Radio Announcer

Lindiwe Matshikiza

Black President

Zaki Ibrahim

The White Queen

Anna Teeman

State of the Nation Woman 6, Custodian & Redeemer

Melissa Goba

Black Venus Apparition

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