Mama Tumaini

Mama Tumaini – Tumaini betyr håp (Mother Hope)[1] is a Norwegian–Tanzanian drama film and family film from 1986. It was directed by Martin Mhando and Sigve Endresen. The story takes place in Tanzania and Norway. The film is based on an African script, and it mostly features African actors and an African crew.[2]

Mama Tumaini
Directed byMartin Mhando
Sigve Endresen
Written byTololwa Marti Mollel
StarringMary Chibwana
Per Christian Ellefsen
Sigrid Huun
Penina Mlama
CinematographySelemani Kissoky
Music byJohn Mgandu
Dionisius Mbilinyi
Øistein Boassen
Arne Moslåtten
Distributed byTanzania Filmcomp
Motlys
NRK
Release date
August 18, 1986
Running time
61 minutes
CountriesNorway, Tanzania
LanguagesSwahili, Norwegian

The film was produced with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.[3] The film was not released in commercial theaters in Norway, but screened at the Norwegian International Film Festival, held in Kristiansand in 1986.[4]

Plot

Two women, one black and one white, meet in Dar es Salaam in East Africa in 1986. Both are there because of their men. The white woman is a professional's wife, and the black woman is leaving her village because her husband is taking a job in the big city. Across the racial divide and major social and economic barriers, a friendship develops between the two women. The plot is based on a real event that happened in the 1970s.[5]

Cast

References
  1. Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography, vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 312.
  2. Utviklingshjelp i 25 år: 1962–1987. Oslo: Departementet for utviklingshjelp, Informasjonsenheten. 1987. p. 112. ISBN 8271231162. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  3. Film, video, lysbilde: internasjonale spørsmål: katalog. Oslo: Filmsentralen. 1989. p. 8. ISBN 8290463073. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  4. Filmen i Norge: norske kinofilmer gjennom 100 år. Oslo: I samarbeid med Det norske filminstituttet. 1995. p. 414. ISBN 8241701950. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  5. Borgersen, Terje; Kjørup, Søren; Skretting, Kathrine (1986). "Blanda drops": tekster. Dragvoll: Nordisk institutt, Universitetet i Trondheim. p. 30. Retrieved January 26, 2022.


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