Zim-British television director scoops Emmy Award

BRITAIN-BASED Zimbabwean television director Runyararo Mapfumo raised the country’s flag high when her production scooped the Best Comedy Series gong at the 50th edition of the International Emmy Awards.

The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.

The prestigious award for Mapfumo was for her Sex Education series which airs on Netflix, an American subscription streaming service that offers a wide variety of shows, movies, anime and documentaries.

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