Drought has struck. Father pushes his wife away from the family dinner of termites. In anger, when mother challenges him, he digs a pit with a brutal purpose, but little does he suspect that Mother can retaliate just as powerfully. Based on an old Shona folk tale and rendered as a musical celebrating a diversity of contemporaray Zimbabwean music, Mother's Day is the newest and most exciting motion picture development to come out of Zimbabwe.
Consolata Ngwenya
Mother
Nicolas Mazenda
Father
Sasha Dambakushamba
Tino
Simbarashe Mombemushora
Kuda
Belinda Mapfute
Maidei
Jonathan Kalapuka
Baby
Clayton Gavio
Dancer
Reginald Govha
Dancer
Felix Jaidi
Dancer
Drought has struck. Father pushes his wife away from the family dinner of termites. In anger, when mother challenges him, he digs a pit with a brutal purpose, but little does he suspect that Mother can retaliate just as powerfully. Based on an old Shona folk tale and rendered as a musical celebrating a diversity of contemporaray Zimbabwean music, Mother's Day is the newest and most exciting motion picture development to come out of Zimbabwe.
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