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Prudence Mabhena

The Oscar that Prudence never won

She sits in her electric wheelchair, twitches her face and forces a smile. You can easily tell that her mind is busy at work, trying to mask the pain. After a few more twitches, the smile comes out and she boldly declares that she has since…
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The story behind Oscar's Kanye moment

We talk to the two filmmakers whose personal fight became one of the ceremony's weirdest moments Bigelow vs. Cameron? Streep vs. Bullock? Forget it. The most riveting face-off during Sunday's Oscar ceremony came early: When producer Elinor…
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Film on Zimbabwe group wins Oscar

By Michael Sragow "Music by Prudence," made partly with the financial and creative support of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore's MICA, overcame several other strong candidates, including the American labor tragedy "The Last…
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Oscar nomination for Zimbabwe group

Music by Prudence a short film produced by Prudence Mabhena, the lead singer of Bulawayo based group Liyana has just landed an Oscar nomination for Documentary: Short Subject. The group of 9 disabled members got together at Bulawayo’s King…
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