Maangamizi: The Ancient One

Maangamizi: The Ancient One

Directed by	Martin Mhando Ron Mulvihill
Produced by	Executive producer Jonathan Demme Martin Mhando Queenae Taylor Mulvihill Ron Mulvihill
Written by	Queenae Taylor Mulvihill
Starring	Barbara O. Jones Amandina Lihamba Samahani Kejeri Waigwa Wachira
Music by	Cyril Neville
Cinematography	Willie E. Dawkins
Edited by	Jimmy Ling
Distributed by	Gris-Gris Films Inc.
Release dates	February 18, 2001 (2001-02-18)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Tanzania United States
Language	Swahili English

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.

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.^[1]

Cast

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

Maangamizi: The Ancient One won the Golden Dhow at the 1998 Zanzibar International Film Festival.^[2] It won the Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature at the Newark Black Film Festival.^[3]

References

↑ 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. Retrieved 2007-07-13.

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