Bulisile Mguni interviews Thomas Brickhill, the director of the Zim movie Cook Off currently showing on Netflix. They discuss the inspirations and processes behind the making of the film and the challenges faced by the Zimbabwean film industry.

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Bulisile  Mgunie interviews Tony Makoni, a mental health expert about the effects of COVID19 lockdown. Tony Makoni is a psychotherapist, a veteran radio broadcaster for 18 years, a coach, and a father who has a passion for mental and emotional health. In 2017 he founded the Global Institute of  Emotional Health with Sarah-Len Mutiwasekwa and together they are on a  quest to make mental and emotional health a priority in Zimbabwe and beyond. Join us online as we continue to share and #SparkConversation #AfricanCinema #Covid19Lockdown #Asakhe 

Bulisile Mguni talks to the founder of CITE, Zenzele Ndebele about his documentary dealing with the Gukurahundi genocide. The podcast focuses on the process of reconciliation for unity and nation-building.

The  Gukurahundi was a series of massacres of Ndebele civilians carried out by the Zimbabwe National Army from early 1983 to late 1987. It derives  from a Shona language term which loosely translates to "the early rain  which washes away the chaff before the spring rains"

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In this episode, Bulisile Mgunie interviews a Bulawayo based tech and gender justice activist Thando  Gwinji about her work, and the effects of #COVID19 on Gender-Based Violence in Zimbabwe.

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Welcome to the first episode of the Sunbox Ambassador Series!!! In this episode Zimbabwean Sunbox Ambassador Bulisile Mguni chats with leading actress Tendaiishe Chitima  of Cook Off, a homegrown Zimbabwean feature film that has been acquired by Netflix and will available from June 1st on the streaming platform.

Cook  Off is an unlikely feel-good Zimbabwean story that follows the journey of Anesu, a down-on-her-luck single mother from Harare’s Budiriro township. Anesu becomes a national sensation after she qualifies for Zimbabwe’s top reality TV cooking show but soon finds herself out of her depth battling against professional chefs. It features rising sta Tendaiishe ‘Tendie’ Chitima, popular rapper Tehn Diamond, and the much-beloved ‘Neria’ star Jesesi Mungoshi as the grandmother, as well as a host of other familiar faces – and was made against the odds, on a  tiny budget. The filmmakers behind Cook Off were trying to restart a  once-proud film industry in Zimbabwe that had declined over decades of political and economic turmoil.

Join us online as we continue to share and #SparkConversation #AfricanCinema #Covid19Lockdown #CookOff #Netflix #Zimbabwe 

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Novel Corona virus COVID-19 Public Service announcement  brought to you in isiNdebele so as to help spread the message to the local community in Hwange by the team at Hwange FM Community Radio