The above documentary feature film Wosaka tells the story of Basil O’Connell-Jones, a young man who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1960s. In time, he was drawn to the hippie movement and drug dealing in his youth. After getting deeper into drug trafficking in London and encountering legal trouble, O’Connell-Jones returned home to Rhodesia during the civil war known as the Rhodesian Bush War.
O’Connell-Jones ended up enlisting in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, and during a deployment, he was shot in the head and had a near-death experience, leading him to search for answers and truth about life and death.
To watch Wosaka just click the play button at the left of the feature image above and the video will pop up for you to watch.
Wosaka was shot over a period of two years by a majority African cast and crew in five different countries, with many of the re-enactments being filmed in Zimbabwe. The title Wosaka is the Chichewa word for “hunter” or “seeker.”
Wosaka was directed and written by U.S.-born Scott Reed.
