Tjitji: The Himba Girl

Tjitji: The Himba Girl, is a 2015 Namibian documentary short film directed by Oshosheni Hiveluah and produced by Virginia Witts.[2] The film focuses on the life of Tjijandjeua 'Tjitji', a young, successful and ambitious Himba student who has secret dreams of being the next famous ‘Talk Show Host’. The film has been recognized for breaking stereotypes against women.[3][4][5]

Tjitji the Himba girl
Directed byOshosheni Hiveluah
Written byOshosheni Hiveluah
Produced byVirginia Witts
StarringUno Kamoruao
Naimbona Licius
Ester Kakoi
CinematographyRenier de Bruyn
Edited byRobert Scott
Music byChristian Polloni & ‘Big Ben’
Running time
22 min.[1]
CountryNamibia
LanguagesOtjihimba
English

The film received positive reviews and won several awards at international film festivals. The film had the nominations in the categories Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Narrative Film at the 2014 Namibian Theater and Film Awards held at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN).[6] Later, it won awards for cinematography and narrative film at the Namibian Theatre and Film awards in 2014.[7] It received special mention at the Bangalore Short Film Festival in Bangalore, India, in 2015. Tjitji the Himba Girl was also the official short film at Africa International Film Festival in 2015.[8]

Plot

Cast
  • Uno Kamoruao as Tjitji
  • Maoongo Hembinda as Tjitji’s Father
  • Tuakara Mutambo as Tjitji’s Mother
  • Naimbona Licius as Tamuna (Tamu)
  • Ester Kakoi as Verihiva
  • Ngunotje Raphael as Lesedi
  • Kauna Willem as Bolingo
  • Kehitire Daniel as Muasahepi
  • Utakara Ndando as Muasahepi’s Father

References
  1. "Tjitji the Himba girl". Tjitji the Himba girl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. "Tjitji the Himba girl". tjitjithehimbagirl.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. Marketing, Intouch Interactive. "Women in film - Art And Entertainment - Namibian Sun". www.namibiansun.com. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  4. "Tjitji the Himba Girl • Drama, PG-13, S (sexual content)". afrolandtv. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. "Tjitji the Himba girl (Namibia)". today. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. "Tjitji the Himba Girl runner up in most nominations". neweralive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. "Best Namibian film and theatre productions awarded | Namibia Economist". Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  8. "Five most acclaimed female filmmakers from Africa you should know - Page 5 of 6". Face2Face Africa. 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2020-07-01.


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