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A white farmer in Zimbabwe went to court against Robert Mugabe the leader of Zimbabwe to stop his farm from being seized by the government. Ben Freeth, the farmer, was trying to save the last of the farms owned by white Zimbabweans. He owns his farm with his father-in-law Michael Campbell. In 2008 they took the government of Zimbabwe to an international court in Namibia. Just before the case was heard Mr. Campbell, Mr. Freeth and his wife were horrifically beaten after refusing to call off the case. The judges ruled that the government's nationalization of white farmland was illegal and racially discriminatory. Last month their home and their workers homes were burnt down. This story has been made into a movie called 'Mugabe and The White African', with the British jounalists risking their lives and imprisonment in a country where western journalists were banned. The movie was scheduled to be shown at the London film festival on the 21st and 23rd of October.

Sources BBC:[] The Economist: []

These two websites are world known for providing world news. The article at the BBC website focused more on Ben Freeth's situation, while the article in The Ecnomist gives a broader political picture. Also, The Economist article does not mention does not mention the movie that Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson directed. The BBC website has several quotes about the movie while The Economist has none. The Economist article mentions Mr Tsvangirai who is in a power sharing arangemnt with Mr. Mugabe.

I personally belive it was time for someone to stand up to Mugabe. He is very brave for standing up to the leader of a country when the leader has military backing. Mr Mugabe has just run the country into the ground by ruining the economy ( it is worse than ours right now). One of Africa's main food exporters is now one of the main recipients of food aid. Both articles covered the stories very well, but I personally liked the BBC article more just because I think it gave me more facts about the actual story more than The Economist. I think it would be very interesting to see the movie.