Lovers in Time – or how we didn’t get arrested in Zimbabwe, by Reader in Film Practice and Theory Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska, will show at the Global Cinema Essay Film Conference in Reading

The film provides a humorous take on the assumption that encounters between black and white people ultimately result in the exploitation of black people. Indeed, the notion is so controversial that the cast and director were threatened with arrest during filming.

Dr Piotrowska will present her work and partake in a discussion with other academics such as the notable Professor Thomas Elsaesser of the University of Amsterdam.

“I am very excited that we are previewing the film at last,” said Dr Piotrowska. “It’s been quite difficult to edit as the subject matter is so sensitive.

“The film looks at race relations in Zimbabwe through the lens of the arts. It’s definitely research by practice in all kinds of ways.”

The film is an experimental documentary funded by an arts grant from the University of Bedfordshire, The Zimbabwean Theatre Association and the European Union Local Fund Trust in Zimbabwe.

Further screenings are planned for later in the year, with an international television broadcast due for 2016.