Jabu Mudzvova
Directing
Biography
Jabulani Mudzvova is a (NAMA) Nominated Zimbabwean Director and Screenwriter. A recipient of the 2023 ALZ Film Fellowship, His debut short Film 'A Few Dollars More' was nominated in 2024 for The National Art Merit Awards (NAMA)for Outstanding Screen Production Short Length Film which he wrote and directed. An extreme cinephile, his films prominently feature themes of economic struggle, discrimination, and interpersonal relationships against the backdrop of the Zimbabwean Society at home and in the diaspora.
Known For
James, a disgraced preacher exiled after a city scandal, is assigned to build a new church in a distant rural community. However, the land bought by the church is occupied by Chirongoma, a revered traditional healer. As a fierce rivalry breaks out between James and Chirongoma over the land, God Sleeps on Sundays presents a timely critique on the imperialist nature of religion in displacing Indigenous communities and eroding ancestral traditions.
God Sleeps on Sundays
Through a twitter thread that he is posting, we follow a young Zimbabwean every-man as he struggles to make a living.
A Few Dollars More
Ulysses' car breaks down late at night in the Avenues of Harare, he appears to be in familiar territory, while trying to get help he starts to panic and reflects on the past as he fights to leave.