Two political opponents are appointed to write Zimbabwe's new constitution. It is the ultimate test that can bring an end to President Mugabe's 30 years of autocratic rule. It can go either way: towards the birth of a constitutional democracy - or renewed repression.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two political opponents are appointed to write Zimbabwe's new constitution. It is the ultimate test that can bring an end to President Mugabe's 30 years of autocratic rule. It can go either way: towards the birth of a constitutional democracy - or renewed repression.
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| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelAnything but a dry lesson in political compromise, inspiring verité doc is a thrilling, suspenseful, scary, and astonishingly intimate view of. . .difficult negotiations. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferRiveting, fascinating, fair and balanced with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access. |
| New York PostFarran Smith NehmeIt is a film both bleak and optimistic, humorous and deeply serious, imbued with daily Zimbabwean life and the conviction that this country is so much more than its woes. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeThe quasi-Kafkaesque administration holding Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's corrupt dictatorship in place finally gets the first-hand scrutiny it merits in Camilla Nielsson's riveting documentary Democrats. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkNielsson's film is a brave and important one. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA hard-hitting documentary on the complexities of creating a workable democracy in Africa. |
| MetroMatt PriggeNo invented political satire can be as savage and troubling as the real deal, of which the doc 'Democrats' is a prime specimen. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaA fascinating, fly-on-wall portrait of patriarchal politics and power. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectAlthough somewhat limited by the cinéma vérité framework, this is a fascinating study of two men on the opposite of the barricades searching for a common ground. |
| User ReviewGreg RGiven the circumstance how this was ever allowed to be filmed, let alone released I will never know. |
