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STATE OF MIND: A mental health film from Zimbabwe

STATE OF MIND is the first African documentary feature film looking at mental illness disorders, and how they are treated and eventually managed.

It has been screened at international film festivals and won awards in Africa, Europe and the United States of America. Award winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Hopewell Chin’ono follows the work of leading African psychiatrist, Prof. Dixon Chibanda.

Zimbabwean music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi wrote the documentary film soundtrack for State of Mind. It is the last known piece of work he produced before he passed on in January 2019.

He also sings a full-length song at the end of the film, a classic from his catalogue. The filmmaking process got assistance from http://osisa.org

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