Tug of War - Vuta n’kuvute
Amil Shivji

Tug of War
Centerpiece Film | Q&A with Amil Shivji on May 13
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Q&A with Amil Shivji on May 13
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 ensue in this coming-of-age political love story set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar.
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U.S. Premiere
Johanna Makabi, 2021, France, 12m
French with English subtitles
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