An American woman doctor comes to Tanzania to work at a hospital for the mentally disturbed, with her Tanzanian lover. There, she meets a sometimes catatonic patient, Samahe, who seems to be in communication with another reality. In their confrontation with their individual and collective pasts, Dr Asira and Samehe are bound by fears and half remembered images of unbearable pain. Only through the spirit of Maangamizi, can the women resume their lives with an understanding of the ancestors and their eternal presence in a world of cruelty, hatred and death. It is a story that seeks to reclaim the connection between Africa and her Diaspora, and one that dares to represent the histories of two continents as it peels away layers upon layers of pain to bring healing of the soul.
Queenae Taylor Mulvihill
Writer
Martin Mhando
Director
Ron Mulvihill
Director
Amandina Lihamba
Samehe
Barbara O. Jones
Dr. Asira
Samahani Kejeri
Simba Mbili
Waigwa Wachira
Dr. Odhiambo
Mwanajuma Ali Hassan
Bibi Maangamizi
Kisaka A. Kisaka
Reverend Waigwa
Adam Mwambile
Dr. Moshi
Adam Mwambile
Dr. Moshi
Mary Chibwana
Patient
Man with No Past64%
Salomé62%
Won't Back Down61%
Skin64%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Sometimes in April71%
Scarecrow70%
La joven69%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
Come Sunday58%
Girl in the Box67%
Tuesday67%
Strange Weather58%
The Trials of Cate McCall63%
What Maisie Knew71%
Desert Flower76%
The Safety of Objects65%
Take the Lead68%
Home67%
The Sheltering Sky65%
