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Amil Shivj / Drama / 2021 / Tanzania /English, Swahili with English subtitles
A young revolutionary and a runaway bride struggle for forbidden freedoms, in Amil Shivji’s adaptation of Adam Shafi’s Swahili novel.
In this adaptation of Adam Shafi’s award- winning Swahili novel, set in 1950s Zanzibar, a romance is buffeted by the harsh waves of British rule and the local militant struggle for liberation.