Tanzania Movies

After being released from jail, Jitu decides to change his bad behavior and become a good person.

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.

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...

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

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 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...

Follow Frankie as she walks you through her memories, exploring her childhood in school in Arusha and the first time she ever expressed herself...

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...

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...

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...

Tanzania's first feature-length film.

Day in a life of Tanzanian fishermen

An area has become alive.

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

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

A documentary exploring how educational initiatives are empowering Maasai women and girls in Tanzania, revealing their resilience, hopes, and the...

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