White Shadow (2013)
1h 55m
Running Time
September 2, 2013Release Date
Plot.
Since 2008, albinos in Tanzania have become human targets. Witch doctors offer huge sums of cash for their body parts to be used in magic potions. From 2008 to 2010, more than 200 witch-doctor inspired murders occurred. As a local saying goes: “Albinos do not die, they just disappear.” This is the story of Alias, an albino boy on the run. After his father’s murder, his mother sends him to the city. His uncle Kosmos, a truck driver, takes care of him. Alias learns fast in the city, selling sunglasses, DVDs and cellphones, it will not take long before the boy experiences at first hand the difficulties of life and of being different.
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Cast & Crew.
Hamisi Bazili
Alias
James Gayo
Kosmos
Glory Mbaywayu
Antoinette
Salum Abdallah
Salum
Ryan Gosling
Executive Producer
Babak Jalali
Co-Producer
James P. Salala
Adin
Stefano Gallini-Durante
Executive Producer
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White Shadow is a 2013 internationally co-produced drama film written, produced and directed by Noaz Deshe. An international co-production between Germany, Italy and Tanzania, the film premiered in Critics’ Week selection at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2013. It won the Lion of the future award at the festival.The film later premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014. The film also screened at 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival on May 4, 2014. Ryan Gosling along with Matteo Ceccarini and Eva Riccobono served as the executive producers of the film.