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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.