Mazibe Media Productions is in post-production with a documentary about the horrific wave of xenophobia that swept South Africa in 2008. Titled Blood & Fire, the documentary focuses on Mozambican Ernesto Nyamuave, who was burned alive in the Ramaphosa informal settlement in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, in May of that year.
Writer / director Charles Khoza tracked Nyamuave’s life to see what made him leave his beloved Mozambique and venture into South Africa, only to be brutally killed.
“We also interviewed a couple of people who witnessed the shocking burning of Ernesto – eye witnesses, journalists, members of community and his family and widow,’ explains Khoza.
The 48-minute documentary is due for release before end of this month.
To watch the trailer of Blood & Fire visit http://youtu.be/LHdfNg49p88target
