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A country that was once a model of independence and Africa's
fastest growing economy is now in a treacherous decline of hunger,
poverty and fear. FRONTLINE/World chronicles a country trapped in
shadows and lies.
A country that was once a model of independence and Africa's
fastest growing economy is now in a treacherous decline of hunger,
poverty and fear. Zimbabwe's 82-year-old President Robert Mugabe,
once hailed as a great liberation hero, has become Africa's longest
standing dictator. Opposition politicians and reporters have been
jailed, beaten and tortured, and all foreign journalists have been
expelled. Posing as tourists, FRONTLINE/World reporters Alexis
Bloom and Cassandra Herrman travel undercover to meet secretly with
leaders of the opposition and other dissidents to chronicle a
country trapped in shadows and lies. Interviewing people at safe
locations, using a hidden camera, and filming from a car with
tinted windows, the FRONTLINE/World team taps the network of those
brave enough to speak to the press. They also hear from people
struggling to survive in the rural areas - a population Mugabe
keeps carefully hidden from foreign eyes.