Ku-umba Out of Africa Film Screenings June 2, 2006

Short Film Project 2004
Musikana Wangu (16 mins)
Director: Ashwin Sikereta
Tapiwa is in love with the beautiful new girl, Chenai but she is with someone else. With the odds against him, will anything at all play to his advantage?
Kuzvipira (14mins)
Director: Ruvimbo Musariri
There are sacrifices that Rudo has to make for the love of her terminal ill father, that while they are appreciated no one wants to know.
Blood Stones (8 mins)
Director: Michele Mathison
A gold panner is being haunted by an earth spirit with a warning to stop digging, unmoved he continues and eventually faces the consequences.
Greener Pastures (13 mins)
Director: Mary Ann Mandishona
A hilarious comedy that deals with the dilemmas of cultural identity, two young women and two dreams which cut across each other.

Tiraburu (15 mins)
Director: Marian Kunonga
A young boy has to work in a shop to compensate the owner for letting his cattle eat his vegetable garden, but when the owner is out, the boy steals goods from the shop to feed his family.

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