Tug of War(2024)
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.
Movie: Tug of War
Top 9 Billed Cast
Denge
Yasmin Fazal
Mwajuma
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Tug of War (Vuta N’Kuvute) director Amil Shivji | BFI Q&A
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