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HIFA 2011: Colours of Dreams
Upenyu Makoni-Muchemwa, Kubatana.net
April 29, 2011

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BabaGilbert comes home unable to contain his excitement; a well placed friend of his has given him good news. After years of being reduced to scrounging to make ends meet selling chicken feet and airtime he and his wife are about to make a quick recovery. His connection has told him that the Zimbabwe dollar is about to make a comeback. The Unity Government and the multicurrency system ruined his dealer business, but things are about to change. When the Zim-dollar comes back BabaGilbert is going to make it bigger than before; he is going to open a bank.

Next door lives a teacher, Justice. His girlfriend, Happiness Dube, won't let him forget that she is their primary bread winner. Happiness has managed to maintain her business through the transition, doing deals in town during the day and drinking and partying all night. For Justice nothing has really changed since the days of the dollar. He is still underpaid, unable to buy his girlfriend a decent engagement ring. Scorned by Happiness and convinced that the dollar is about to make a comeback, Justice quits his teaching job and joins Baba naAmai Gilbert Merchant Bank as a manager.

Colours of Dreams is an hilarious tongue in cheek portrait of those Zimbabweans who prospered in the last days of the Zimbabwe Dollar.

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• Colours of Dreams - Video Clip
  Summary: The Zim Dollar is about to make a come back, and BabaGilbert can barely contain his excitement. He is going to make it big with BNG Merchant Bank (Baba naMai Gilbert).
  Duration: 1min 05sec
  Date: April 29, 2011
  Filmed by: Kubatana.net
  File Type: MP4 - Size: 2.8MB (lower quality)
  
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