Talk about Bulawayo, where most of the shoot took place. What was it like there?
Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and it’s run by the opposition party. It’s a laid-back place. It’s a tough place to live, because there’s sporadic everything. The water pipes break and there’s no one to repair them. The government doesn’t pay the workers. A lot of times there’s no running water and electricity blackouts. You never know if you’ll have electricity and running water, and you have to store up water in case it runs out. The supermarkets don’t have food, so you have to buy it on the black market. You literally need a wheelbarrow of money to buy a loaf of bread, since inflation is so high. Recently, they have started using dollars and South African rands instead of Zimbabwe money. Where did you stay, most of the time? I was living in what they call a low-density suburb. Bands of armed robbers came into these wealthy people’s houses. You lock the doorway, there’s a security guard, gates everywhere. You’re always living on the edge. If you do get robbed, you ha
