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Hokonui Todd
Hokonui Todd
Television – 1991 Documentary
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Hokonui Todd is a portrait of African statesman Sir Garfield Todd (1908 - 2002). Todd was an outspoken supporter of black right to self determination in Rhodesia (which became Zimbabwe in 1980, after a bloody civil war). Here Todd and wife Gracie reflect on their lives: from their "egalitarian" New Zealand upbringing; their arrival in Rhodesia as missionary farmers; Todd's time as Prime Minister; being imprisoned by Ian Smith's racist white regime (along with daughter Judith); to emerging as a "conscience of the country" burdened with postcolonial troubles.
Produced by
Limehurst Films
Source
Visionary Film and TV
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Rights
The copyright for this title is held by Visionary Film and TV Ltd.
Acknowledgements
Produced in association with the Short Film Fund of the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ on Air.
Music
Vukuzenzele Co-operative, Dadaya High School.