The Deminers
Zimbabwean deminers Shame, Cosimas and the medic Previous have been traveling to the other side of the world for years to clear mines from the ground in the British Falkland Islands. In the subpolar cold, among sand dunes and penguins, they defuse and blow up the legacies of a forgotten war. Their dangerous craft enables their families in Africa to live well. But what price do they pay for toiling most of their lives in the world's most dangerous regions?
Cast
- Shame
- Shame Mapulanga
- Cosi
- Cosimas Ndanga
- Previous
- Previous Mafira
- John
- John Hare
The Deminers
Michael Urs Reber
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- Germany, Falkland Islands, Zimbabwe 2022
- Language
- en., sn. OF mit de. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 74min
1.90:1, Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Michael Urs Reber
Born in 1989 in Stans/Switzerland. Trained as an industrial manager and worked as a video journalist. Studied Documentary Film and Television Journalism at the University of Television and Film Munich. Active as a director and writer.
Filmography
2016 ÜBERS STERBEN..., Kurzdokumentarfilm
2017 MORE THAN PENGUINS, Kurzdokumentarfilm
HÄBERLI, Kurzdokumentarfilm
2018 ZUKUNFT IM HEILIGEN LAND, Kurzdokumentarfilm
2020 CHECKER JULIANS CHEXPEDITION, TV-Serie
2021 SLUM PROJEKT ZUM WELTTOILETTENTAG
2022 THE DEMINERS, Dokumentarfilm HOF 2022
“I was already in the Falkland Islands in 2017 for a previous project. By chance, I met the head of the landmine clearance program at the local pub. I was invited to a controlled demolition, then met the Zimbabwean crew and knew immediately that this was going to be a film. Zimbabweans clearing minefields for the British in the cold today – that adds up to a lot. After several years of work, we are proud to be able to show the deminers’ story.”
Michael Reber
- Director of Photography
- Teresa Renn
- Editor
- Thomas Keller
- Sound
- Hanna Stock
- Sound Designer
- Gerhard Auer
- Music Composer
- Mathias Rehfeldt
- Producer
- Carolina Oswald
- Danilo Pejakovic
- Lukas Schwarz-Danner
- Robert Richarz