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- A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
- Ukerewe Island, in Tanzania is home to a large community of people who live with albinism. While many albinos are killed at birth or rejected by their families, those who survive risk being murdered for their body parts. Told over the course of five years, In the Shadow Of The Sun tells the story of two members of the Tanzanian Albino Society. We follow Vedastus, a teenage boy as he struggles to find a place in the world, and Josephat, a strong-willed advocate for people with albinism, who fights to unite his country and dreams of scaling the heights of Kilimanjaro. As the brutal wave of murders escalate Vedastus flees the island in search of safety whilst Josephat stands and faces the killings head on.
- He'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.
- In Mwanza, Tanzania, where the barriers to gender equality are high, women start a probiotic yogurt initiative and stride toward economic independence.
- The story of albinism in East Africa has been dominated by the one-sided approach of vulnerability, discrimination, stigma and exclusion. These people have only been described as victims, unable to influence their own lives, driven here and there by authorities at national, regional and local levels. It is time to change the narrative and instead spread stories that show the opposite, that there are actually people with albinism who have passed through school against all odds, they have overcome obstacles, they have families who support and love them, they have created themselves a good life. They are role models that can arouse hope, which light a spark in many of the children and young people who today live their lives imprisoned in sheltered schools where they rarely or never get the opportunity to meet their families again. These children and young people deserve to see what opportunities can actually await them in adulthood. This film will open a platform to marginalized group of people to have a discussion and understanding their role in the community despite their conditions. It is very difficult for persons with albinism (PWA) to have a voice in the Tanzanian society, since they in many situations are not listened to, facing discrimination and marginalization from early ages. The film is representing the voices and faces of of these people, proving to the outside world that they are a voice that will contribute to the development of a democratic society. The interviews has been done all over Tanzania, and during the roadtrip the film team stopped here and there to talk to ordinary people in the streets, about their views on people with albinism.
- A 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.
- Alfred is the chairman of the Tanzania Albino Society and he makes a living carrying out the everyday activities typical of a small society, but now he is sought after by the international press and he is following the case of a farmer who has been mutilated, probably the first victim of an aggression after six months of apparent calm. Samson is a member of this society, a young man trying to maintain his family working as a gardener at the aqueduct; his worries are bearable thanks to the love for his wife and his three kids. Maneno is a teenager with no interest in studying and spends his time on the play station and watching European soccer, but now, since a few days ago, a wound on his shoulder has started to give him problems. Dixon, known as Mr White by his neighborers, is an almost 20. He is a rapper who has created a little bit of a name for himself in the local bongaflava scene because of his songs which expose the problems of albinos. Now he is working at his next concert in the sparkling Kiss club in Mwanza town. All four men have grown up knowing about all the superstitions which lurk around them and may involve them from one day to another. In the last few years they have recognized that they have also become a sought-after element for new magic rituals, performed and sold by witchdoctors who promise that this is a way to obtain richness. Officially more than 150 people have been assaulted, and among them more than 70 have been killed. Samson, Mr White, Alfred and Maneno show their personal reactions to the absurd situation in which they live. Alfred concludes his case; Mr. White wants to claim his identity through music; Samson broods over his doubts regarding his immortality before going to a catholic mass; Maneno, in the hospital where he is being cured, asserts the right to be considered just like any youngster.