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 film to be submitted from that country, but was not nominated.
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| Directed by | Martin Mhando Ron Mulvihill |
| Written by | Queenae Taylor Mulvihill |
| Produced by | Executive producer Jonathan Demme Martin Mhando Queenae Taylor Mulvihill Ron Mulvihill |
| Starring | Barbara O. Jones Amandina Lihamba Samahani Kejeri Waigwa Wachira |
| Cinematography | Willie E. Dawkins |
| Edited by | Jimmy Ling |
| Music by | Cyril Neville |
| Distributed by | Gris-Gris Films Inc. |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | Tanzania United States |
| Languages | Swahili English |
Plot
editDr. 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.[1]
Cast
edit- Barbara O. Jones as Dr. Asira (as BarbaraO)
- Amandina Lihamba as Samehe
- Samahani Kejeri as Simba Mbili
- Waigwa Wachira as Dr. Odhiambo
- Ummie Mahfouda Alley as Patient
- Zainabu Bafadhili as Young Samehe
- Chemi Che-Mponda as Nurse Malika
- Mary Chibwana as Patient
- Janet Fabian as Sister Francis
- Stumai Halili as Patient
- Mwanajuma Ali Hassan as Bibi Maangamizi
- Kisaka A. Kisaka as Reverend Waigwa
- Mgeni as Young Asira
- Thecla Mjatta as Zeinabu
- Mona Mwakalinga as Mariamu
- Adam Mwambile as Dr. Moshi
- Evodia Ndonde as Patient
Awards
editMaangamizi: The Ancient One won the Golden Dhow at the 1998 Zanzibar International Film Festival.[2][clarification needed] It won the Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature at the Newark Black Film Festival.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Deming, Mark. "Maangamizi: The Ancient One". Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "Awards for Maangamizi: The Ancient One". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "FILM FESTIVALS - AWARDS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS". Gris Gris Films. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
Further reading
edit- Warriors: Spiritually Engaged The Making of Maangamizi by Queenae Taylor Mulvihill
Copyright Gris Gris Films, 2006; Publishing: Lulu Enterprises Inc.; ISBN 978-1-4116-8991-6
External links
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- ^ Basaran, Aylin (November 2022). "Filmic Therapeutic Encounters and Resistance: Silence, Forgetting, and Guilt in the Face of Historical Violence". Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 62 (6): 838–852. doi:10.1177/00221678211010013. ISSN 0022-1678.