Shot in the chaotic last days of Robert Mugabe’s regime, Cook Off is a feel-good tale of resilience and hope
A Zimbabwean film about a woman who enters a TV cooking show and which cost only $8,000 to make has become the first feature from the country to make it onto Netflix.
“Seeing myself on
Netflix, I have to punch myself every day. Like, is that really me?” asked
Actress Tendaiishe Chitima, star of Cook Off, which has now been acquired by the streaming giant.