AFRIKAMERA: VUTA N’KUVUTE (TUG OF WAR)

Das sagt der/die Veranstalter:in:

Amil Shivji
Tanzania/ South Africa/ Qatar/ Germany 2021 I Original Version with English subtitles I 92 min
With the kind support of the German Africa Foundation

Zanzibar in the 1950s, in the final phase of the British colonial era. Denge, a young freedom fighter from the mainland, and his comrades roam the island metropolis of Stone Town, pursued by the colonial police, distribute socialist pamphlets and stage revolts in dance halls and expat clubs to demand political autonomy. One night, Denge meets Yasmin, an upper-class Indian-Sansibari woman. The two begin a romance with far-reaching consequences……