Tumbuka  Bloom

Directed and Edited by Robin Truesdale
Produced by Tatenda Muchiriri
2009

In a rural village of Zimbabwe, a young man tries to help his community overcome poverty, AIDS, and the traditional gender roles that hinder his people. His approach - a club for boys that teaches young men to respect their female counterparts. Tatenda Muchiriri hopes to help raise a generation of young men who practice safe sex and treat women as equals.

Tumbuka means "to blossom" in the Shona language. Documentary, filmed in rural Zimbabwe with local crew. Original music by Zivanai Masango.
20 min .

"Tumbuka is just a rare jewel, a beauty one can't resist."

-Fredreck Muchiriri
 

"You've made a very hopeful and important film. Tumbuka is a heart melting experience.  I love what you've done both with  the camera and your brilliant editing."

– Kitty Farmer, Watersong Productions

                                       



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Conviction
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Directed by Brenda Truelson Fox
Co-Produced by Robin Truesdale and Denise Gentilini
Edited by Robin Truesdale
2006

Three Dominican sisters saw it as their duty, mission, religious calling to break into a missile silo in Colorado, chant, pour their own blood and land in jail for their beliefs. For these women, bringing attention to the atrocities of nuclear weapons was a sacred act; for the U.S. government, it was something much different. The nuns trespassed on federal property and criticized our national defense. The religious right labeled them fanatics; the left called them Joans of Arc; and the justice system convicted them of sabotage and sentenced them to years in federal prison.
43 min.    

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Conviction

                              
   



Rhythm Bridge

Directed and Edited by Robin Truesdale

2005

Rhythm Bridge follows the journey of a Boulder musician who walks and bikes from Mexico to Canada and back again to help the homeland of his Zimbabwean friends.  Loren Mach embarks on a  six-month journey to spread awareness of the Zimbabwean crisis and to raise $25,000 for non-profit organizations who provide Zimbabwean aid. Along the way, he shares the traditional music that inspires him, playing at benefit concerts in California, Oregon and Washington.
40 min.

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                              Rhythm Bridge