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Cook Off

Name: Cook Off
Released: 2017

2017

A struggling single mother in Harare sees her life transformed when her son secretly enters her into a reality-TV cooking competition, giving her an unexpected shot at her dreams. A sweet, feel-good Zimbabwean comedy.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Zimbabwe

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Zimbabwe. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Zimbabwe in the 196 country film challenge.