Forbidden Fruit (2000 film)

Infobox Film
name = Forbidden Fruit

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director = Sue Maluwa-Bruce
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writer = Sue Maluwa-Bruce
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cinematography = Beate Kunath
editing = Beate Kunath
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released = 2000
runtime = 30 mins.
country = Germany, Zimbabwecite web
last =Villarejo
first =Amy
title = Forbidden Fruit
publisher =Women Make Movies
url =http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c566.shtml
accessdate =2008-01-03 ]
language = English, Shona
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imdb_id = 0276968

"Forbidden Fruit" is a 2000 German/Zimbabwean short documentary film written and directed by Sue Maluwa-Bruce. Filmed in Zimbabwe, the film depicts the romantic relationship between two women, and the aftermath of the discovery of their relationship.

Plot

In a rural village in Zimbabwe, a single woman, Nongoma, and her married neighbour, Tsitsi, fall in love. When their lesbian relationship is discovered, Nongoma flees to the city. When they are reunited by chance two years later, the women decide to move together to a village where nobody knows them.cite web
title =b-k productions — Forbidden Fruit
url =http://www.b-k-productions.de/forbidden.html
accessdate =2008-01-03 ] cite web
last =Blizzard
first =Nicole
title =AGLIFF 2001 - International Girls / Sugar High Glitter City
publisher =TechnoDyke
url =http://www.technodyke.com/features/090401_agliff1.asp
accessdate =2008-01-03 ]

Production

"Forbidden Fruit" was filmed on location in Mutare, Zimbabwe. When the original cast members resigned fearing a homophobic backlash, Maluwa-Bruce recruited friends and family members to act in the film.

Reception

"Forbidden Fruit" won the Teddy Jury Award at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival [cite web
title =Awards for Forbidden Fruit
publisher =Internet Movie Database
url =http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276968/awards
accessdate =2008-01-03 ] and the FEMMEDIA Prize for Best Short at the Identities Queer Film Festival in Vienna. It received a Special Jury Mention at the Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in Milan.

Nicole Blizzard of Technodyke called the film wonderful and Amy Villarejo of Cornell University called it "a moving call to queer, global solidarity". PlanetOut called it "the most gutsy film to be shown at the Berlinale". Daniel Somerville said "it may notbe the best film ever made but it certainly breaks ground in a Zimbabwean context.

References

External links

*imdb title|0276968|title=Forbidden Fruit
* [http://www.filmwerkstatt.de/forbidden/forbidden.htm Official site] De icon