Tug of War (2024)
1h 32m
Running Time
April 18, 2024Release Date
Tug of War (2024)
1h 32m
Running Time
April 18, 2024Release Date
Network & Production Companies




Plot.
A coming-of-age political love story set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar. Denge, a young freedom fighter meets Yasmin, an Indian-Zanzibari woman in the middle of the night as she is on her way to be married. Passion and revolution escalate.
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Cast & Crew.

Gudrun Columbus Mwanyika
Denge

Ikhlas Gafur Vora
Yasmin Fazal

Siti Amina
Mwajuma

Luqman Thani
Pazi

Rasheed Hemed
Mambo

Nick Reding
Inspector Wright

Gabo Zigamba
Koplo Matata

Salum Suleiman
Chande

Abubakr Mrisho
Zanga

Amil Shivji
Director / Producer / Writer

Jenna Cato Bass
Writer

Steven Markovitz
Producer

Ramadhani Hamis Kondo
Key Grip

Zenn van Zyl
Director of Photography

Hawa Ally
Costume Designer

Bill Odongo
Unit Production Manager

Cece Mlay
Second Assistant Director

Edwin Kariuki
Production Manager

Lucinda Englehart
Executive Producer

Kifua Compound
Prop Maker

Meshack Otieno
Assistant Camera

Amélie Legrand
Original Music Composer

Mona Mwakalinga
Casting Director

Faudhia Gingi
Makeup & Hair

Rajab Mohamed Mkungwa
Gaffer

Nadia ben Rachid
Editor

Amine Bouhafa
Original Music Composer

Neil Tabatznik
Executive Producer

Cindy K.
Production Manager

Kate Mumbua
Production Manager

Eliudi Mwanyika
Production Designer

Rita Wachera
Assistant Director

Saul Ogada
Electrician

Justine Gitahi
Line Producer

Frédéric Salles
Sound Recordist

Emilia Roux
Production Designer

Matthew Swanepoel
Editor

Lilian Sundqvist
Script Supervisor

Simon Rieber
Writer
Media.

Details.
Release DateApril 18, 2024
Original NameVuta N'Kuvute
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
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Wiki.
Tug of War (original title: Vuta N'Kuvute) is a 2021 Tanzanian coming-of-age political drama about love and resistance set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar. The film was directed by Amil Shivji based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Adam Shafi. Tug of War is Tanzania's second entry ever, and its first in 21 years, for the Academy Award Best International Feature category. In November 2022, it was awarded the Tanit d'Or, the top prize at Tunisia's Carthage Film Festival.
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