Tug of War
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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.
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Cast
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Gudrun Columbus Mwanyika
Denge
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Ikhlas Gafur Vora
Yasmin Fazal
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Peremende
Siti Amina
Mwajuma
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Luqman Thani
Pazi
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Rasheed Hemed
Mambo
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Nick Reding
Inspector Wright
Known for
The First Grader
Croupier
Gabo Zigamba
Koplo Matata
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Salum Suleiman
Chande
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Abubakr Mrisho
Zanga
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Amil Shivji Director · Jenna Cato Bass Writer Simon Rieber Writer
United States release September 9, 2021 · Produced in Germany, Qatar, South Africa, Tanzania · Languages English, Swahili, Swedish
Production
Big World Cinema
Production
Kijiweni Productions
Production
NiKo Film
Production
Germany · Qatar · South Africa · Tanzania
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Vuta N'Kuvute
Original language
Swahili
Spoken on screen
English · Swahili · Swedish
Release dates
United States · September 9, 2021
Premiere · TIFF Premiere (Sept 9 - 18), release date not yet announced.
Canada
September 12, 2021
Germany
April 18, 2024 · Theatrical
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