Maangamizi: The Ancient One

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Maangamizi: The Ancient One

Directed by	Martin Mhando Ron Mulvihill
Produced by	Martin Mhando Queenae Taylor Mulvihill Ron Mulvihill
Written by	Queenae Taylor Mulvihill
Starring	Barbarao Amandina Lihamba Samahani Kejeri Waigwa Wachira
Music by	Cyril Neville
Cinematography	Willie E. Dawkins
Editing by	Jimmy Ling
Distributed by	Gris-Gris Films Inc.
Release date(s)	February 18, 2001
Running time	110 mins
Country	Tanzania United States
Language	Swahili, English
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Maangamizi: The Ancient One is a 2001 American / Tanzanian drama film directed by Martin Mhando and Ron Mulvihill. It premiered at the Pan African Film Festival.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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]

[edit] Cast

Barbarao 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

[edit] Awards

Maangamizi: The Ancient One won the Golden Dhow at the 1998 Zanzibar International Film Festival.^[2] It won the Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature at the Newark Black Film Festival.^[3]