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The Deminers

The Deminers

"I'm the Man Who Brings Total Peace."

2022•1h 15m
Documentary

Zimbabwean landmine clearers Shame and Cosimas, as well as medic Previous have been traveling to the other side of the world for years to clear mines in the British Falkland Islands. In the subpolar cold, between sand dunes and penguins, they defuse and blow up the legacies of a forgotten war.

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Production

Sova Pictures, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Shame Mapulanga

Himself

Cosimas Ndanga

Himself

Previous Mafira

Himself

John Hare

Himself

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