TUG OF WAR (2021) [VUTA N'KUVUTE]
In this adaptation of Adam Shafi's awardwinning Swahili novel set in 1950s Zanzibar, Tanzanian filmmaker Amil Shivji (whose films TJUNCTION and WAHENGA screened in past editions of the New African Film Festival) crafts a sweeping romance buffeted by the harsh waves of British rule and the local militant struggle for liberation. De, a young Mswahili revolutionary, fights for a free Zanzibar, dreaming of nothing else until he meets Yasmin (Ikhlas Gafur Vora), a young Indian Zanzibari woman seeking her own forbidden freedoms. After running away from her arranged marriage, Yasmin is reacquainted with her home through De's eyes and through her generous friend, Mwajuma (Zanzibari musician Siti Amina). Together, the three venture across communities that are separated by arbitrary British racial categories but are deeply blended culturally. DIR Amil Shivji. Tanzania/Qatar/Germany/South Africa, 2021, 92 min. In English and Swahili with English subtitles.

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