If Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were
forced to sit down together to write a new
US Constitution, how do you think it would
go? “Democrats” follows a real-life example
of this scenario in Zimbabwe, where opponents
from two rival parties were tasked in
2008 with writing the country’s constitution
in the wake of a contentious general election.
With both parties trying to secure maximum
power, is the exercise just an absurd farce?
Or can genuine compromise and agreement
be reached? With unprecedented access
to both politicians, director Camilla Nielsson
makes the most of her penetrating, remarkable
footage to reveal a country trying
to leave behind its corrupt past—and take its
first fumbling baby steps toward democracy. .
