The government of the Southern African nation of Botswana is working to create the country’s first film commission, as well as a film fund, and is also busy with building out film studio capacity to ...

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There is a lot to be said for a group of young women setting out to make a no budget 13-episode series, in the face of many obstacles, to secure finances to be able to put together another project.

From left: Livia Firth,Kgalalelo Mokgweetsi, Andrew Morgan, Naseem Lahri and Pat Dambe attend the screening of "Fashionscapes: The Diamonds of Botswana" This information and more is included in a ...

Its sleepy nature was essential to the book, but tourist bosses are hoping a film version of The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency will provide a shot in the arm to Botswana's laidback capital.

Gaborone — Last year saw the first production of a big drama movie in Botswana-The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, directed by the internationally-renowned Anthony Minghella. More recently we have had ...

Botswana is going Hollywood. The African nation is joining forces with the Weinstein Company on The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) ...

GABORONE, Botswana -- -- GABORONE, Botswana -- Botswana welcomed a crew making a film of a popular series of detective novels set in this southern African country, with officials saying the movie ...

In Gaborone, Botswana, the joint production of the HBO/BBC series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" caused a sensation, both locally and internationally. It's the story of a young woman chasing her ...

Seasoned actor Zenzo Ngqobe received an international award recently at a glitzy red-carpet ceremony in Toronto, Canada. Zenzo, popularly known for his role as Stone in e.tv's canned drama series ...

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana is pinning its Hollywood hopes on a new film based on the best-selling fiction series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency." Sign up here. And in a controversial move, the ...