1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Awards

4. See also

5. References

6. Further reading

7. External links

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

See also

• List of Tanzanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

Further reading

• Warriors: Spiritually Engaged The Making of Maangamizi by Queenae Taylor Mulvihill

Copyright Gris Gris Films, 2006; Publishing: Lulu Enterprises Inc.; {{ISBN|978-1-4116-8991-6}}

External links

• Official site
• {{IMDb title|0236461}}
• {{Amg movie|255653|Maangamizi: The Ancient One}}

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