At last the much anticipated film, “Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation,” premiered in Namibia. The film is based on the memoirs of the Founding Father and former President of Namibia Sam Nujoma. Having finally watched it I have no criticism but praises to the executive producer Uazuva Kaumbi, and the actors, especially Carl Lumbly who acted Nujoma's role.

This is not to say the film is beyond reproach. As with all films on real life issues, Namibia: The Struggle for Freedom does have its shortcomings.
But first the good points. The cinematography is at par with international standards. In fact it will not be surprising if the film wins an Oscar for best picture or whatever such things are called in Hollywood.
For the first time, I agree with Kaumbi and the entire 'Where others wavered' committee that this film is not about the Founding Father. This is a film about Namibia and it does very well in promoting the country to the overseas market. A chat with Kaumbi also allowed one to put the puzzling pieces together, such as why the film had to go globe trotting before it was shown to Namibians. The reasons are simple: This was not a project by commercial production houses with millions of dollars budgeted for distribution and marketing. It was a project done by the unknown people from Africa and for the film to make it internationally it had to be taken to festivals to stimulate interests from distributors.