Mugabe and the White African was named best documentary at the British Independent Film Awards last month and has been shortlisted as one of the 15 films from which the Oscar nominees will be drawn next month.
The film tells how Mike Campbell, his wife Angela, daughter Laura, son-in-law Ben Freeth, and their black Zimbabwean workers battled to keep hold of Mount Carmel, the mango farm about 110 kilometres south-west of Harare where his family had lived for 30 years, in the face of beatings by militia gangs loyal to Mr Mugabe.
The family lost a long battle to hold on to the farm last year despite having an unprecedented win in court against the Zimbabwean Government.
The Campbells and Freeths were burned out of their homes in August, and Mount Carmel Farm was occupied by Nathan Shamuyarira, an octogenarian former cabinet minister and Mr Mugabe's official biographer.
Mr Freeth, his wife and their three children now live in a friend's house in the nearby town of Chegutu, while Mr and Mrs Campbell live in Harare.
Months earlier Mr Campbell, 76, was subjected to a horrific beating after he petitioned a tribunal of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community to rule against Mr Mugabe's efforts to seize white-owned farms.
After a nine-hour ordeal at a militia camp, Mr Campbell was so badly injured that he could not attend the hearing in Namibia; Mr Freeth, whose skull was fractured, managed to be present in a wheelchair with his head bandaged.
Mr Campbell, 76, hopes the film will force the international spotlight back on the campaign of violent, state-sponsored farm evictions, which has continued under Mr Mugabe.
Telegraph, London
