Gonarezhou (film)

Gonarezhou is a 2019 Zimbabwean anti-poaching awareness film written and directed by Sydney Taivavashe. The film is produced in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

Premise

The film is about a young man called Zulu who suffers various misfortunes and joins a poaching gang.

Cast

Tariro Mnangagwa as Sergeant Onai.
Tamy Moyo as Sara.
Tendaiishe Chitima as Thulo
Tinashe Nhukarume as Schoolboy
Eddie Sandifolo as Zulu

Release

The film was released in 2019. Gonarezhou was shown at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival.

Production

In 2017, Sydney announced that he was working on a feature film about poaching and that he started developing the script since 2013. The story was inspired by the killings of 300 elephants by poachers using cyanide in 2013. Principal Photography started in November 2018.