Mike Campbell is one of a handful of white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began enforcing his controversial land seizure program, an initiative intended to reclaim white-owned land and redistribute it to poor black Zimbabweans. Since 2000, formerly thriving farms that employed thousands, now sit derelict while poverty and hunger are rife amongst the majority of the country's citizens; but 74-year-old Mike refuses to back down.

Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 2008 presidential election, Mugabe and the White African follows Mike and son-in-law Ben Freeth's harrowing attempt to take Mugabe to an international court for racism and violation of their human rights. It is an unprecedented case, upon which rests not only Mike and his family's future, but also the future of millions of ordinary Zimbabweans who continue to suffer at the hands of one of the world's most infamous tyrants. Much of the film was shot covertly – to have been caught filming would have meant imprisonment for anyone involved.

The powerful and deeply effecting feature documentary from British directors Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, Mugabe and the White African made a considerable impact on its theatrical release, garnering considerable critical acclaim and winning the Best Documentary category at the British Indepoendent Film Awards, winning Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards, as well as being nominated for both a BAFTA and an Oscar.

Mugabe and the White African will be released on UK DVD on 10th May 2010 by Dogwoof at the RRP of £14.99 with the following special features:

• Directors' Commentary;
• Trailer;
• Al Jazeera The Fabulous Picture Show episode;
• Short - How We Made the Film.