VUTA N’KUVUTE (TUG OF WAR)

Credits

Name: VUTA N’KUVUTE (TUG OF WAR)

Country: Tansania/Südafrika/D/Katar

Year of publication: 2021

Format: DCP

Color: color

Language : swahili/engl. OmeU

Duration: 93 Minuten

Series: 19. Afrikafilmfestival

Abstract

In the 1950s, a revolutionary movement is struggling against the British colonialists on the island of Zanzibar. Yasmin, a young woman of Indian origin, has just been married off by her family to an older man and flees to the Swahili district of Stone Town. There she meets Dengé, a young revolutionary. A forbidden love grows between the two protagonists.VUTA N’KUVUTE is an adaptation of the award-winning Swahili novel by Adam Shafi. In this feature film, director Amil Shivji opens a dialogue about the years spent struggling against colonial rule, encouraging viewers to reflect on the present and look to the future.