Otis Janam 2024
Otis Janam, a lazy fisherman, wins a boat racing championship and the hand in marriage of the wealthiest man's daughter. Can a good woman save a fool from his destiny?
Otis Janam, a lazy fisherman, wins a boat racing championship and the hand in marriage of the wealthiest man's daughter. Can a good woman save a fool from his destiny?
The Africologist is a futuristic documentary on African History, Science, and Technology. Director Val Lopes and the virtual character, the Africologist, embark on a journey through space and time, their mission: unveil and relate the chronicles of Africa.
As recently as forty years ago, most sections of the Maasai were semi-nomadic and relatively independent of the nation-state. However, political, social and economic changes in East Africa have forced many herders to adopt a sedentary lifestyle. The Chairman and the Lions introduces Frank Kaipai Ikoyo, a charismatic Ilparakuyo Maasai who, at thirty-three, is the leader of a Tanzanian village called Lesoit. Ikoyo was elected to his post at the age of twenty-six in part because he had completed primary school. That someone so young would be accorded such authority would have been without precedent not long ago. Yet this ethnography of Ikoyo's duties as village chairman shows how literacy and insight into the workings of the nation-state are essential for Maasai to combat the many lions, both real and figurative, that beset them: land grabbers, "bush" lawyers, unemployment, out-migration and poverty.
The "Rainbow express", one of Naïrobi’s many collective taxis, follows its daily itinerary. Discovery of one of these "Matatus", from its manufacture in Kariobangi by a local craft company, to the transport of its passengers, through its driver and billeter.
A man listens to music on a cassette. It seems to have been composed by an amateur. Then, on stage, he is now the conductor of an orchestra and this time, it’s he who is playing this music.
Between the Rains is a coming-of-age story of Kolei, a shepherd boy whose name translates to “living amongst the goats.” Unfolding over the course of a prolonged drought, viewers are pressed deeper into Kolei’s inner conflict as he questions not only his own identity as a warrior — a path that was chosen for him —but also the erosion of the culture that has shaped every aspect of his life. For Kolei, becoming a warrior not only shapes masculinity and personal identity, but it is also the very foundation on which this community and society root their lives. It is a sacred, guiding pillar.
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.
Kossi and Yembi, a young couple get happily married and swear to always love each other. Ten years later a lot have changed. They spend less time together & argue a lot. Their marriage seems to be falling apart
War movie
An area has become alive.
Homesickness drives Neema Ngelime to the district of Matonge in Brussels, which is home to a large African community. The busy shopping streets evoke memories of her life in Tanzania. She wants to record the similarities with her native land for her grandmother, but that is easier said than done. As in Tanzania, most people on the street prefer not to be filmed. Yet, Ngelime gradually gets closer to the shopkeepers and customers of Chaussée de Wavre, and shares her observations with the viewer.
Corona v19 is Swahili movie created by simion kehuto to educate people with virus 2019
A young man endures the longest morning of his life upon discovering that his staunch Christian mother washed the clothes of his secret one-night stand.
Urban life can be difficult. Here we first follow a couple who encounter one problem after another as they hunt for a flat. The estate agent is a crook and makes their job even harder. When it becomes impossible to find somewhere to rent, there’s only one thing left to do: live in a shanty town. One of the inhabitants shows us what living in that environment actually means.
The “Voice of Kenya” is the radio that symbolizes the country’s independence. Which means that being a producer there is no small issue. To get a children’s chorus to rehearse in a church, to put together a programme with champagne, or to prepare a recording of a musical edition for Christmas, these are just some of his numerous tasks…
From inside the kiosk, you can hear the trains leaving for Nairobi. In this little restaurant, the customers with the lowest income have gathered to eat a cheap meal, the only one they can afford. All around the station people rush about, cook and eat, in time to the rattle of the trains.
The film paints the portrait of a poor young girl who has come from the countryside to earn her living as a maid. Her mistress mistreats her and her life isn’t easy. While her mistress is away, she searches the house. But one day, she is caught by surprise in her mistress’s bedroom…
The Democratic Republic of Congo could feed almost 1 in 2 people on Earth. Yet one in six Congolese people suffer from hunger. Yet one in two Congolese suffers from moderate acute malnutrition. Yet agriculture accounts for 70% of the population there. Faced with this paradox, the peasants regroup in agricultural cooperatives. A handful of them share their daily lives with us, that of all those they represent. Even if they don't know each other, live thousands of hundreds of kilometers from each other, participate in different agricultural sectors, their voices resonate in this powerful, sensitive and sincere documentary.
After being released from jail, Jitu decides to change his bad behavior and become a good person.