Tanzania Movies

A group of extraordinary children, a school lost in the Tanzanian mountains and many legends. How are they intertwined and what might their stories...

In a struggle to get himself and his family out of debt and poverty, Baraka quits school and decides to enter a professional boxing competition to...

As recently as forty years ago, most sections of the Maasai were semi-nomadic and relatively independent of the nation-state. However, political,...

Nyege Nyege Tapes! is probably the most famous label introducing today's African electronica to the European independent scene. A cinematic context...

A day in the life of Mozambican women refugees working in a quarry outside Dar es Salaam.

The film gives voice to the growing trend of Afro-descendants moving back to the continent of Africa to live. It highlights the life of a...

Tanzanian Predator

People who seek wealth and success through local beliefs - A documentary on the hunting of people with albinism in Tanzania, where the hunter and the...

Sibusiso is a center for children with mental disabilities located in Arusha, Tanzania. Mentally disabled children here have limited possibilities to...

In the wake of her father's passing, Nadupa resists the cultural practice of widow inheritance and stands up for her and her mother's rights to their...

The film explores the rural life and feelings of the Iteso people of Kenya. The African sense of community is experienced through their daily...

Mulasi tells the story of four friends trying to cope with life’s challenges. To help one of them cope with depression, the friends organise a...

Chameleon Corridors is a short film told through the all-seeing eyes of a chameleon. It tells the story of how one community in the Eastern Arc...

War movie

Footage of Carl and Mary Akeley filmed during the AMNH Eastman-Pomeroy-Akeley East African Expedition, 1926. Short scenes from campsites and wildlife...

Following the everyday life of 21-year-old Samira from Zanzibar for 7 years, NDOTO YA SAMIRA depicts the quiet victories of a determined young woman.

Mwanahiti is a fertility doll traditionally found among several matrilineal communities in Tanzania. Historically, these dolls and the accompanying...

Day in a life of Tanzanian fishermen

An area has become alive.