QIFF: Tug of War

Tanzania’s submission to the Oscars

Romance/Political Drama

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.

Directed by Amil Shivji

Languages: Swahili/English with English subtitles

Please note: under 18s will not be permitted to attend this screening.