Lost in the Bush
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Mandy Phillips flees to a picturesque African game park after discovering her fianc's infidelity. At odds with her critical brother and mother, miserable in her loneliness, and disgruntled with her life in general, she views a holiday escape as just the tonic she needs. Unfortunately Mandy is prickly, bigoted, and bitter; thus ensuring any vacation is tainted by her own prejudices. After several adventure-filled days, she is brutally accosted by carjackers and in a desperate attempt to survive flings herself from the vehicle only to become hopelessly lost. After a frigid and terror-filled night, Mandy runs across an antagonistic African named Themba Misodzi, a Zimbabwean seeking refuge in South Africa. While he appears to be her ticket back to civilization, Themba is branded in her mind as a chauvinistic, uneducated tribesman she reluctantly has to trust in order to escape her predicament. To him, Mandy is the ultimate bitch; contaminated by her bitterness, overly influenced by the US's aggressive policies, and totally lacking in sympathy for others, especially blacks. As they battle the rough bush back to civilization, both have to learn tolerance and respect in order to survive the cruel elements and the cultural chasm that divides them.
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