
Sibulele Mlumbi
The Tunnel by Jenna Bass
ZAF 2009, Berlinale Shorts

Jenna Bass
The Tunnel by Jenna Bass
ZAF 2009, Berlinale Shorts
Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, 1980s: Elizabeth, a young and talented storyteller arrives at a guerilla camp desperate for help: her life and the lives of the other villagers are in danger.
The soldiers demand a story so she spins them a tale, weaving fact with illusion. About her village, strangers and ghosts. About how her father dug a tunnel to the city and her journey to find him.
But reality is not so far behind and to save her village, Elizabeth will have to confront the truth.
The soldiers demand a story so she spins them a tale, weaving fact with illusion. About her village, strangers and ghosts. About how her father dug a tunnel to the city and her journey to find him.
But reality is not so far behind and to save her village, Elizabeth will have to confront the truth.