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Rate   Economist | Wed, Jul 25

Wed, Jul 25 This is the first film to be entirely shot in Botswana. Anthony Minghella--of "The English Patient" fame--is directing, and an American singer, Jill Scott, plays the heroine, the no-nonsense Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only female detective. The film will first be shown on British t...

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