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- DirectorDean Matthew RonaldsStarsErnest NapoleonEmanuela GalliussiAshley OldsA newly recruited American doctor "mistakenly" volunteers to work in Africa for a month.
- DirectorSeko ShamteStarsDaniel KijoGodliver GordianMagdalena MunisiAbel returns home after graduating and working in the US for 10 years and joins the Tanzanian corporate world where his ethics and morals are tested, and forced to make choices about the person he wants to become.
- DirectorHamadi MwapachuStarsAhmed Mbaka AhmedKaren HarrisHatibu MaduduA narcotics cop who moonlights as a heroin addict, finds redemption and a future in a sassy working girl who sees the gentle, loving man within, if only he can escape the darkness that keeps pulling him down.
- DirectorSylvia CaminerStarsKristen KenneyVenance NdibalemaHe's from a place so old it's been called the cradle of mankind. She's led a privileged life in America without hardship or pain. Together these two unlikely friends embark upon a journey from the heights of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the depths of an AIDS ravaged village where even the smallest children become outcasts at the mere hint of the disease and malaria is an ever-present threat. As Venance and Kristen experience the ancient culture, heart-breaking poverty, and eternal spirituality of Venance's motherland, the ability of the Tanzanian people to love, dream, and persevere in the face of overwhelming hardship triggers a life-changing transformation in Kristen-one that brings her face to face with her own mortality and will ultimately cause thousands of lives to be saved. Tanzania: A Journey Within is a dramatic, emotional, and visually stunning odyssey that will challenge and inspire you.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsLon ChaneyLionel BarrymoreMary NolanA magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourStranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
- DirectorMartin MhandoRon MulvihillStarsBarbara OAmandina LihambaSamahani KejeriAn American woman doctor comes to Tanzania to work at a hospital for the mentally disturbed, with her Tanzanian lover. There, she meets a sometimes catatonic patient, Samahe, who seems to be in communication with another reality. In their confrontation with their individual and collective pasts, Dr Asira and Samehe are bound by fears and half remembered images of unbearable pain. Only through the spirit of Maangamizi, can the women resume their lives with an understanding of the ancestors and their eternal presence in a world of cruelty, hatred and death. It is a story that seeks to reclaim the connection between Africa and her Diaspora, and one that dares to represent the histories of two continents as it peels away layers upon layers of pain to bring healing of the soul.
- StarsYvonne CherrieGodliver GordianMacDonald HauleWhen a big family faces tough challenges, some fall apart and some triumph over what life throws at them. Siri ya Mtungi's cast of colorful characters, related by blood or marriage, or simply by love, make up a community that is inspired by love, brought down by fear, superstition and betrayal, lifted by comedy and joy, and strengthened by the intimate bonds of family and friendship. It's a story of relationships won and lost. Between busy Dar es Salaam and the laconic streets of Bagamoyo, we get behind closed doors into the lives of Cheche and his wife Cheusi, daughter of well-known community leader, and polygamist, Mzee Kizito, as well as characters like deejay Duma, amorous Lulu, viperous Farida, lecherous Masharubu, and many more.
- DirectorAmil ShivjiStarsKimela BillaDeborah DicksonBetty KazimbayaOn the auspicious day when Godfrey launches the first Tanzanian cellular company, he is involved in a fatal accident. Haunted by his series of choices, our young ambitious entrepreneur reveals more than one face of 'Africa rising'.
- DirectorChristian BonkeThe life story of the famous danish author Jakob Ejersbo is told as his two friends are struggling to reach the top of Kilimanjaro to spread his ashes from there.
- DirectorAmil ShivjiSet in a busy street of Dar es Salaam, a shoeshine boy offers us a conscious and subconscious perspective of the space and people of his city ranging from the local politician to University students as well as the neighbor tea maker. This short-film is both a social commentary and an artistic depiction of the life, aspirations and perspectives of a working child.
- DirectorDavid Vee RoddenStarsNyakwesi MujayaNyakwesi MujayaMakini - a street kids theatre group, from the mean streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Makini ('talent' in Swahili) offers the possibility to children and teenagers who live in the streets of Dar es Salaam to discover their talents.
- DirectorTimoth ConradStarsOmary ClaytonTino MuyaJames SamaleTanzanian film about JAMES (Young Masai) who decides to turn himself into the appearance of Maasai culture, after being abuse by his uncle.
- DirectorDorice KaiziregeStarsWilliam BenardAtilio ChescoHassan DaffurAfter being released from jail, Jitu decides to change his bad behavior and become a good person.
- DirectorAndy JonesStarsIddi FarhanMaryam HamdaniNasra HilalA portrait of Bi Kidude, a living legend on her home island of Zanzibar. She has beguiled audiences around the world on her wide and varied travels.
- DirectorMyles ShankStarsJessica DevlinJenni KarabenshChelsea LangNine students from Lakeland, Florida, experience life in Tanzania with three very diverse people groups.
- DirectorJames BrownNatalie BakerStarsSheban AwezoJames BrownSheban HassanDuring the last three months of 2007 James Brown, a New Zealand filmmaker, travelled to the coastal town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania to volunteer as an art teacher. 'Msanii' is a documentary about the artists and art students he met during his stay and the role art plays in the unique culture of Bagamoyo.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsLola LaneJames CraigEduardo CiannelliA beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
- 199952mTV EpisodeDirectorNick GodwinStarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.
- DirectorSeko ShamteStarsMutaju Isaac MarobhePaul ClitheroDoug BramsenChief Mkwawa of the Muyinga dynasty, the conqueror of lands, whose royal bloodline gained him favor with Nguluvi, the Hehe God and made him the most superior chief to have ruled the southwest highlands of present day mainland Tanzania. Guarding his chiefdom against all foreign impositions including the Arabs, Portuguese and the Germans. A formidable warrior and leader, he was destined to grow his kingdom and control approximately 20% of present day mainland Tanzania, fighting off his enemies with tactic and organization.
- DirectorEliaichi KimaroWhen Eliaichi's retired father moves back to Tanzania, she begins a film project that examines the intricate fabric of multiracial identity, and grapples with the complex ties that children have to the cultures of their parents.
- DirectorJames BecketStarsJaffar AminJames BecketMadaraka NyerereUganda's Idi Amin and Tanzania's Julius Nyerere were bitter enemies who went to war in 1978. Today, the dictator Amin is reviled as the 'Butcher of Uganda', while the socialist Nyerere is revered as the 'Founding Father of Tanzania.' Nyerere's army forced Amin and his family into exile in 1979, ending Idi Amin's blood soaked regime. In SONS OF AFRICA, the two leaders' sons attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, on a journey of peace and reconciliation.
- DirectorJosefine HeimburgerStarsAbdulrahim AbdillahMashaka Enos TujuA personal documentary portraying the life of albinos in Tanzania, where we follow the lives of two fascinating main characters: Mashaka, a teacher in his early 30s in Mwanza and Abdul, an 11-year-old boy in Dar Es Salaam - two fighters.
- DirectorZach JordanStarsZach JordanCarpe Kilimanjaro is the story of Zach Jordan's literal ascension of a mountain and his metaphorical ascension to fatherhood, in the face of Alzheimer's.
- DirectorJosiah KibiraStarsPeter OmariThecla MjattaAhmed OlotuJuma returns to his homeland, Bongoland, after failing to cope with life in America. He finds that life in Bongoland is not as easy as he thought it would be and discovers his family's dirty secrets.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsAnthony SteelSheila SimWilliam SimonsThe story of native tribesmen who move towards Mombasa, getting drawn info the world of ivory smuggling.
- DirectorTimoth ConradJackson KabirigiKarabaniStarsBetrice GudluckJackson KabirigiFatuma MakongoroA Tanzanian comedy about a young man who meets a beautiful mysterious woman. Every time he kisses her she turns into an old woman who demands he clean up his act. The film is 12 minutes long, in Swahili with English subtitles.
- DirectorSherman OngStarsRaheli AugustinoKhalid Saleh BilalMiriam EmanuelSmith arrives in Dar es Salaam to tie up loose ends. He is helped by others on quests of their own.
- DirectorBeatrix MugishagweStarsAvodia BahatiMsamiru KaabukaGodwin KadumaA once happy family in Tanzania is devastated by AIDS. The parents die leaving three young children to raise themselves. One child, Tumaini, becomes a child/woman as she is forced to grow up early and raise her siblings.
- DirectorRebecca CoreyAmil ShivjiStarsJohn KitimeWahenga (The Ancestors) Synopsis John Kitime, an energetic musician in his 60s, puts together a band to revive the dying sound of Tanzanian Zilipendwa, music from the early independence era. Weaving memories of the past and dreams for the future, John and his bandmates revisit the era of gleaming horns and packed dance halls as they struggle to keep the music alive in a passionate argument for "the ones that were loved". Will they succeed?
- DirectorGustavo VizosoDocumentary about AIDS orphans in Tanzania.
- DirectorNisha LigonStarsAnna MwalaghoFollow a year in the life of the Twiga Stars, Tanzania's national women's football team, as they come together for their biggest competition ever. Through the gruel of intensive practices, the heartbreak of team cuts, and the tragedies of life that strike along the way... the girls support each other and work together to achieve what no one could have imagined. Cheer on the Twiga Stars as they fight together to prove 'wanawake wanaweza,' meaning 'women are capable.'
- DirectorJake SalyersBefore the first African stepped foot on American soil and long after the last slave ships plied the Atlantic, East Africa harbored its own dark Arab run slave trade. These slaves endured atrocities as cruel as many that happened in West Africa. Death marches to the coast for thousands of miles. Pain, hunger, exhaustion. In this eye-opening film, Jake Salyers sheds light on a forgotten piece of history. Through the prism of Bagamoyo, Salyers examines the East African slave trade and its reverberations into the present day. From the ruins of Arab colonies to the testimonies of villagers who can still remember the slave trade, BAGAMOYO, LAY YOUR HEART DOWN reveals a classic story of past loss and present redemption.
- DirectorSergio DowSwahili, Peoples of the Kenya Coast, directed Sergio Dow, follows Dr. Chap Kusimba's more than two decades of research in East Africa. Dr. Kusimba has been carrying out archaeological research in Kenya since 1986. His research has been concerned with understanding the ancient and modern history of the peoples of the Kenyan coast and the interior. For this documentary, we learned a great deal about the history of Kenya. Informed largely through Dr. Kusimba's research at the ancient port city of Mtwapa. At Mtwapa and other Coastal towns the settlers interact with foreign merchants some of whom were Muslim, and through this interaction, a new culture that incorporated both African and Islamic traditions emerged. This culture is known as the Swahili coast or Peoples of the coast. The language mainly spoken here is Kiswahili. Pioneer scholars of the Swahili, were wrong in hypothesizing that the Swahili people and their language was a mixture of Arabic and African. Trade with Africa was a major catalyst for change including the introduction of Islam. As time went by, the volume and intensity of trade increased. They exchanged things consisting of ivory, cattle, milk, honey, pottery, beads, and much more. Today the coast and its people who practice more traditional crafts such as boat building have a much harder time competing with new technological innovations such as the introduction of large sea going ships. These ships have made it impossible for the locally made dhows to compete. As a result, local boat making had declined from 75 dhows a year to less than 10.
- DirectorKatrin HansingStarsFreddy Ilanga
- DirectorJosiah KibiraStarsErick BarutiChristina BreidenbachCarolyn DetersAn illegal Tanzanian immigrant in Minnesota confronts the realities of life in America.
- Ubongo Kids is an animated educational TV series from Tanzania, which helps kids find the fun in learning. Join Kibena, Kiduchu, Koba and Baraka as they go on adventures and use their brains to solve problems in Kokotoa Village.
- DirectorJordan RiberStarsBichukaLady JaydeeCarola KinashaTune The Drum: Music, Tradition and Change in Tanzania.
- DirectorKat ZoulaA vivacious woman in a coastal village in Zanzibar, a respected local marine biologist and a business woman from the Netherlands- All connected by a humble weed. Beneath the Tide goes beyond the surface of this tropical paradise to bring us a story about empowerment, innovation and seaweed.
- DirectorHenry KingRoy Ward BakerStarsGregory PeckSusan HaywardAva GardnerWriter Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.
- DirectorRobert GuédiguianStarsAriane AscarideJean-Pierre DarroussinGérard MeylanA union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
- DirectorLeanne WelhamStarsBello RashidNkwabi Elias Ng'angasamalaSesilia Florian KilimilaIn Tanzania, a single mother is offered the chance to improve her circumstances, but the risks she faces have deepening consequences as she struggles to keep her HIV-positive status secret.
- DirectorJohn TrentStarsMargaret LeclereLouis Gossett Jr.Donald HoustonThe young daughter of a park ranger in Kenya is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds, she decides to set the pet free, but while doing so misses the boat back to England. After meeting up with a friendly native, they try to resolve the situation together. Things take a turn for the worse when it is falsely reported that the native has kidnapped her, thus putting a price on his head.
- DirectorNicholas MarwaStarsMzee AlmasiJohn ChiwazoHadia FadhiriSet in Dar es Salaam, this local comedy juxtaposes poverty and wealth when an affluent young man is obligated to visit his girlfriend's home in a poor neighborhood.
- DirectorSeko ShamteStarsBertha RobertMagdalena MunisiHelen HartmannFour Tanzanian women are unknowingly connected through their ability to persevere extreme hardships in the city of Dar-es-Salaam.
- DirectorTimoth ConradStarsRenee GelinasDennis CourtisSharon AdamusIn the year 1999, A scientist who has the ability to see the future builds a time machine to pull his son from the year 2021 back in time to give him the mission to eradicate the serial project that will destroy the world in the future.
- DirectorYann LabryStarsAhmed OlotuAhmed ZeinAshraf LukambaShot in Tanzania, this feature film shows four different life stories - stories of challenges, opportunities and second chances.
- DirectorJackson KabirigiStarsAbdilah AllyYusuph EmbeMohamed FungafungaMzee Njimba and Mzee Kondo, friends since childhood are also related through the marriage of their children. Unfortunately their children passed away leaving Kondo to look after their shared grandson Chumi. Njimba is an arrogant, belligerent man known for his abilities as a drummer and arranger of dances (Ngoma), including the notorious Hondomola, where multiple dance partners are encouraged. When Kondo object to the increasing popularity and frenzy of the alcohol fueled Hondomola, Njimba and his thugs have Kondo and family chased out of the village. Over time Njimba's drumming takes its' toll on the villagers, who are weakened and ailing after participating in Hondomola. Njimba's attempts to treat them with traditional cures (being the village witch doctor as well) is ineffective. It will take Chumi and a new generation of traditional drummers, to appreciate how corrupting the cultural values of Ngoma has threatened the survival of their community.
- DirectorTimoth ConradStarsYvonne CherrieZamo ChamboSingle MtambalikeLast customer dies in the first time driver's car.
- DirectorShams BhanjiStarsRicha AdhiaRenaida ArbogastRichard BezuidenhoutShot on location in Zanzibar, the story revolves around Zamora, a well traveled Zanzibar painter/womanizer on a voyage of self discovery. Filled with romantic connotations about the spice island, he meets a beautiful Zanzibar / Omani woman who mesmerizes and influences him to buy a dhow( sail boat) to have a comfortable life in Paradise. Zamora's passion for the unknown, a reckless adventurous lifestyle and a sordid past lands him in nightmarish situations. Through three separate emotionally charged relationships, (Zulfa, Saada and Zareena) he almost becomes a victim of the confrontation between the good and the evil. Zulfa stands for pure, innocent love but is tied down by traditional restrictions. Saada stands for the mystical, magical and unconditioned side to the African psyche. Zareena stands for power and obsession and its corrupting impact. The film explores the adoptive nature of the African spirit with all its consequent pros and cons.
- DirectorNadine Louise FeserStarsElizabeth WangaiAnna KyungaiEbenezer KwekaNipe Jibu is a Swahili musical which tells the story of a young woman living in a dream world. Ndoto is an orphan facing one of the biggest decisions in her life: whom she should marry. Torn between a grandmother who wants to please the spirits of the ancestors and friends who encourage her to decide for herself, Ndoto becomes more and more wrapped up in fear. Will she choose the modern world and lose her heritage? Will she marry the rich old man in the village - an arrangement that will please the ancestors and make Grandma rich? Or will she risk losing everything to follow a spirit her friends say is more powerful?
- DirectorAmitabh AuroraStarsEdward ChagulaMustafa HassanaliEva IssacThis fast paced drama filled with comical moments as well as harsh realities, shows the life of a Muslim Zanzibari girl, who from childhood dreams of becoming a model, posing in front of the mirror and taking pictures of herself at every opportunity. Sophia battles with her conservative mother who sacrificed all for her daughter, and moves to the big city, Dar es Salaam with the help of her boyfriend against her mother's wishes. Anxious to get to the top, Sophia is lucky enough to find opportunities with celebrated Tanzanian fashion designer, Mustafa Hassanali and famous Zanzibari photographer, Javed Jafferji. Once successful, Sophia's ego allows her to neglect and mistreat those who helped her to the top, and soon she is forced to desperate levels to stay on top. Showing the gritty realities behind the glamorous modeling industry, Glamour teaches us that all that glitters is not gold.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.