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Tanzania's film industry, also known as Swahiliwood or Bongo movie (a portmanteau of Swahili, Tanzania's official language, and Hollywood) and Bongowood, [1] was established around 2001. [ 2 ] Films produced with low budgets, short schedules and camcorders are referred to colloquially as "bongo films" and are mass-released in DVD format.
The official trailer for Mapenzi Ya Mungu was released on Proin Promotion YouTube Channel. The film was officially released in October 27, 2014 in DVD and online [2]; The film was screened at the Zanzibar International Film Festival and was nominated to compete for the Zuku Bongo Movies Awards [3]
The movies received mostly positive reviews [citation needed] and sold many copies in 2013. [citation needed] In 2014 she won Favorite Actress through her performance in the film and also the film was nominated for Favorite Movie at Tanzania People's Choice Awards.
Amitabh Aurora (born 11 June 1982, Allahabad) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor. Aurora is best known for his Bongo films in the Swahili language and is cited as having written and directed ‘the first high quality Bongo movie from Zanzibar.’ [1]
George Tyson, born George Okumu Otieno (1973–2014) was a Kenyan filmmaker who worked mainly in Tanzania.A 'bongo movie' director, he was "regarded as one of the best commercial directors in the country" [1] and as the "godfather of Bongowood".
Fatuma (theatrically as Hadithi za Kumekucha: Fatuma), is a 2018 Tanzanian drama film directed by Jordan Riber and co-produced by director himself with his parents; John Riber and Louise Riber. [1] It is the sequel to its first feature film Hadithi za Kumekucha:TUNU . [ 2 ]
Vincent Kigosi (Ray) (born 16 May 1980) is a Tanzanian actor, producer and director. [2] Kigosi is based in Dar-es-Salaam. [3]Kigosi, most known as Ray, started his career 2000 in television soap opera / series and then started to appear in different movies up to now.
Swahili Kiumeni (Eng: Masculinity), is a 2017 Tanzanian comedy film directed by Nicholas Marwa and co-produced by Daniel Manege and Ernest Napoleon for D-Magic and Busy Bees respectively. The film stars Antu Mendoza and Ernest Napoleon in lead roles along with Irene Paul, Idris Sultan and Akbar Thabeet in supportive roles. [ 1 ]