Maangamizi: The Ancient One
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Music director Cyril Neville Duration Country Tanzania
United States | 7.5/10 IMDb Genre Drama Screenplay Queenae Taylor Mulvihill Language Swahili, English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Director Martin Mhando
Ron Mulvihill Writer Queenae Taylor Mulvihill Release date February 18, 2001 Directors Ron Mulvihill, Martin Mhando Cast Barbara O. Jones, Chemi Che-Mponda, Mona Mwakalinga Similar movies White Shadow (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maangamizi: The Ancient One is a 2001 American / Tanzanian drama film directed by Martin Mhando and Ron Mulvihill and executive produced by Jonathan Demme. It premiered at the Pan African Film Festival and has played in over 55 Film Festivals worldwide. It was the Tanzanian submission for the Academy Award for Best foreign language film, the first, and as of 2016, only, film to be submitted from that country, but was not nominated.
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Plot
Dr. Asira is faced with the contrast between Western medicine and traditional East African spirituality when a woman, Samehe, who is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, claims to be under the care of Maangamizi, a mysterious ancestor / shaman.
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Awards
Maangamizi: The Ancient One won the Golden Dhow at the 1998 Zanzibar International Film Festival. It won the Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature at the Newark Black Film Festival.
References
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