Star wa Bongoland 'Mukama Morandi' Afunga Pingu za Maisha!

Stelingi (Star) wa sinema Bongoland, Mukama 'Jimmy' Morandi, amefunga ndoa mjini Minneapolis, Minnesota, jana na mpenzi wake Priscilla.  Mukama ni mcheza sinema na mwanamuziki pia.

Tunawatakia maisha mema ya ndoa!

Director wa sinema Bongoland, Bongolan II na Tusamehe, Josiah Kibira, (katikati) na Mukama na Priscilla.

Mukama na mke wake nje ya Kanisa, Minneapolis

 

Mnaweza kupata habari za Kibira Films kwa kuBOFYA HAPA:

Mnaweza kuona kanda ya Mukama, You Tube

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Kiswahili Bila Mipaka - Swahili Without Borders

SWAHILI WITHOUT BORDERS



(Kiswahili bila Mipaka)

Aurelia Ferrari

By Josiah Kibira – Fall 2011

How many of you from East Africa would believe me if I told you that there are people in Ghana who are learning to speak Swahili? You would probably say, it could happen. But then what if I said the Swahili teacher is a French woman. You have to admit, that would pique your curiosity.

It’s like in the movies. A French woman teaching Swahili in West Africa. Well, it is not a movie it is real. Her name is Aurelia Ferrari. For her it started as a teenager when she traveled to Senegal on a reforestation camp. As a child, her father traveled a lot and brought gifts and stories from all over the world. This increased her curiosity of the world. After she completed her high school she decided to volunteer in a youth exchange program in her native Paris. Before long she was sent to work as a volunteer in Kenya.

While in Kenya she worked with youth programs and later she would concentrate on working with street children.

She is the first one to admit that clearly Africans do not need guidance from Europeans and that in fact, Africans have tougher survival aptitude than their counterparts in Europe or America considering the hard life they face on a daily basis. Africa was her calling. She had to go there.

It was during her encounter with street children in Kenya that she started to learn Swahili. Her interest grew when she returned to Paris. She enrolled in a Swahili teaching institute and later pursued a PhD in “Sheng”, a slang based Swahili originating in Kenya . And, of course, with a PhD, she could now teach anyone how to speak Swahili. She is fluent in Swahili, English, French and a little bit of Arabic.

She was asked, “Of all languages that you know, why Swahili?”

She said, “ This was to show Africa in a positive light”. She admits that it would have been easy for her to teach French, but feels that the colonial and imperialistic past associated with the French in Africa would not encourage people’s intercultural understanding and commitment to peace and justice. I think she has a good point. She is also very quick to point out the importance of Swahili as a language in the world noting that not only do over 100 million people in the world speak it, but it is taught in over 100 universities in the world. Her mission to teach Swahili to the world has landed her assignments including a two-year stint in Paris and over three years in Ghana.

What is impressive about Aurelia’s immersion in the Swahili culture is her commitment not to use Africa as a place to acquire another entry on her already impressive resume, but to make Africa her home. It was refreshing to find a European who lives in Africa and goes to Europe for a summer vacation.

I was also curious why Ghanaians were interested in Swahili. She said some students take the course as a ploy to get into a second year of the Bachelor’s program, but those who decide to pursue Swahili end up at the University of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania, where they pursue higher levels of Swahili language. Ghana has 70 other native languages and English remains the official language.

In her linguistic studies, she has written a book about the “sheng” Swahili dialect from Kenya and is now working on a book about Swahili in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

But it was her Swahili/French instructional book called “Swahili Bila Mipaka” – or “Swahili Without Borders” that caught our attention.

It is a manual that uses the communicative approach, which is a modern method in language teaching and learning, where the communication and the culture take an important part in the learning process.

The emphasis is on the meaning. The communicative approach gives great importance to the diversity: diversity of types of interaction, diversity of exercises and diversity of subjects.

The data used is authentic data like advertisings, spontaneous conversations and written material. For each lesson, there is a transcription of a conversation.

The manual caught our attention because Aurelia expressed interest in using our film Bongoland 2 as part of conversation transcripts in the manual. After students listen to these conversations, they then go through a series of exercises for comprehension.

Naturally, we were curious why she chose Bongoland 2 to be included in her instructional book. She said, “Other films in Swahili languages concentrated more about the story itself but Bongoland 2gives so many aspects of Swahili culture – the relation between men and women, social organization and the daily life.”

She adds “For instance, we always see on the news that Africans try to run away from Africa, but this film shows us something different and more realistic. There are so many interesting initiatives going on in Africa

We learn so much in this film, to watch this film is like a linguistic and cultural immersion in Tanzania!”

As a French/African woman, Aurelia stands out as a woman on a mission to do good in the world. Her early exposure to the world influenced her not only to see other people as equals, she even took steps to becoming one of them. We can all learn from this great teacher. To see people for who they are, their culture, their feelings and know how they communicate. Isn’t this a simple formula for world peace and understanding? We think so.

Josiah Kibira University in Bukoba

This summer, president Jakaya Kikwete was in Bukoba to attend the 100 anniversary of the Lutheran Church in the area. As part of those festivities, Josiah Kibira University College was dedicated.

In his speech, Kikwete noted that it was about time for Bukoba to have a university since Bukoba people are known to be "Nshomile" (Booksmart) and yet had no university in the area. The comment was all in good fun, the crowd reciprocated with a weak cheer and laughter.

To see the abbreviated version of that speech CLICK HERE

To read more on the college, CLICK HERE

Umuhimu wa SInema Tanzania a Freddy Macha

Why are movies so important? - By Freddy Macha

From The CITIZEN PAPER IN TANZANIA

By Freddy Macha

Can anyone tell me the origin of the word dezo?

In standard Swahili it means anything obtained free of charge. Sometimes I like to think of it as dazzle or daze which is to stun and bewilder.

Surely that explains the feeling of happiness after being endeared?

Anyway, I recall sinema dezo, back in the sixties and early seventies. Movies would be shown for free across Tanzanian fields and football pitches.

We watched the Charlie Chaplin, Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy series, then known as Chalii Mnene na Mwembamba. They were not only funny they also help build the Swahili vocabulary.

Charlie or Charley became Chalii or Chale, which in Swahili is a funny or humorous person. Movies not only entertain but also create new words thus helping shaping a national language.

By the mid-1970s, sinema dezo was out and in came the cinema halls. Our mothers and sisters flocked to watch afternoon movies (matinee) from India.

Nobody spoke Hindi, but the songs were loved. Does anyone recall i (which means Sometimes) and Sholay? The stories were long; movies went on for three hours plus.

Some of these Hindi films had strong social political messages like Mother India and Namak Haraam. I recall seeing them without subtitles and loving them across Dar es Salaam halls – Empire and Empress (in the Askari Monument area), Avalon, Odeon and Cameo.

For those who did not like these Hindi movies with their exaggerated sentimental singing and tears, there was an alternative option: Bruce Lee and kung fu, whoo, whaa films.

These flicks razed and grazed our halls until early eighties when the economic doom chocked and slapped everyone. The only consolation were second-hand imported ‘B’ movies like the soft porn wave Emanuelle.

From then on until around the arrival of mainstream television in the mid-1990s we had nothing. The film industry in Tanzania has always been thirsty and hungry.

Before Josiah Kibira's efforts in 2003 with the production of the Bongoland series we had only Fimbo ya Mnyonge as a Swahili movie of any substance. Mwalimu Nyerere must have gone to his grave wondering, will it ever be?

Lately because of this hunger we have started munching Nigerian and South African films.

US-based Josiah Kibira says he used to watch the Nigerians and wondered. His Bongoland one and two tale is a convincing narrative about dreams of a young Tanzanian totally gone wrong.

Like Obama's presidential win in 2008, Kibira uses the Internet well to publicise and sell them in a well packaged and organised product.

And that is the story of May-June 2010.
Lovely Gamble, a Swahili-English, film has just been released in the UK by young Tanzanian filmmakers. I have seen the flick and attended the launch last weekend in Reading, a few kilometres out of London.

I do not think Lovely Gamble is anything close to Bongoland. The storyline is simplistic, with an ending that women especially will find uninspiring. However, its release has heralded a new chapter in our filmmaking.

In 2008, I watched and listened to Spike Lee, the African American filmmaker, answering a crucial question in London. Many of us asked him why he never makes films about Africa. He said we should do it ourselves and in collaboration.

“Be a gang, form a posse...,” said the creator of Inside Man, Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing and She Is Gotta Have It.

Makers of Lovely Gamble, known as Urban Pulse, have already ticked this box. Urban Pulse unites not only a group of Tanzanians, but other Africans and Caribbean youths. They are all multi-skilled and multitalented.

Launching the event, which also raised funds for HIV orphans in the UK and Tanzania, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation at our London High Commission, Amos Msanjila, made a lively speech that summed up why the film industry is so important for any nation.

Brand Tanzania, is what Swahili movies may create and help reinforce. Nigerian and Hindi films have helped popularise their countries, the diplomat said. Then there is the use of Kiswahili a language rated amongst ten fastest growing in the world.

Not to forget employment opportunities. Making films is an activity involving a lot of people: technicians, actors and business people. But before going any further we need to make convincing films.

Films depend on well-written stories, researched materials and high standard acting.
More info about Lovely Gamble or to get DVD phone Frank Eyembe on +44-7865594576. Email: urbanpulsecreative@gmail.com

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Tanzanian Marathoners Put Kenyan Runners on the Alert!

(Pichani Josiah Kibira baada ya kukimbia katika Marathon huko Minnesota)

TANZANIAN MARATHONERS PUT KENYAN RUNNERS ON THE ALERT


By Josiah Kibira

If you follow the results of almost any marathon in the United States, you are bound to find one or more Kenyans in the top 10. In most cases, Kenyan runners place in the top three finishers, and, often times win the whole race.

It is no different in Minnesota, where both the Grandma’s Marathon of Duluth, and the Twin Cities Marathon have been dominated by Kenyan runners.

Running a marathon is not an easy proposition to undertake, in fact only 1% of all human beings do participate in this challenging sport. It is often compared to an analogy asking, “Why do you keep hitting yourself with a hammer? Because it feels good when you stop.”

But Kenyan runners have dominated this sport worldwide, a fact that Tanzanian runners find hard to swallow. When confronted by the subject, most will always bring up Filbert Bay, a Tanzanian who was not even a marathon runner, but won a gold medal in the Olympic Games many years ago.

I have been a maratho n runner for over 14 years. I try to run a marathon every year. Last year I was surprised at about mile 15 or so, wondering why can’t I see mile 16 marker on the horizon, when suddenly I heard someone say, ”Vipi, mzee! I looked up, to find a Tanzanian in the middle of the pack of runners.

We exchanged few words, and I should say, I was in worse shape than he was at that point in the race, then I urged him to proceed ahead without me. He did, but then it somehow gave me an immediate surge of energy. Seeing him was like saying, ”Wabongo na sisi tumo”, or “We, the Tanzanians,…got this!”… or so I thought.

I was proud because it was the first time in my fourteen years of running that I actually met a fellow Tanzanian in the race...running.

After the race, I made a po int of getting in touch with the Tanzanian runner so that we could tell the world and put the Kenyan runners on alert for the next marathon! Who knows? We may one day beat them! It could happen!
He surprised me, when he mentioned that there was yet another Tanzanian who was also in that same Twin Cities Marathon that day.

This is about us…the Tanzanian Marathoners and why we run.

Meet Gracious Msuya.

He started running before he ever landed in the United States. He was a student at the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. You can see his dedication to the sport because Dar can be very hot and it takes a serious commitment to run.

Running is such a personal decision because you have yourself for motivation. Gracious found motivation in the promise he made to his young kids that he would run the marathon once the kids were teenagers. His kids still have years to become teenagers, but the statement itself motivated him to start training instead of waiting so long.

The other motivator for him is his health. It is a proven fact that there are many health benefits from running including reversing the aging process. That’s right, you not only reverse the aging process, and sometimes you can even delay it.

I asked Gracious if there was anyone who inspired him to run, he said when he was in primary school (Elementary School) he saw a man who was in his 30’s who used to run and practice Karate. That was it. Gracious’ actual running would come later in his adult life as a student at a University.

Gracious admits running a marathon has not been easy. To date, he has run about 5 full marathons and a few short races. “It takes time and it is simply hard,” he remarks. But he also admits that the challenges of life do not make this easy. Balancing work and family is difficult enough, and squeezing in training time as well makes life all the more interesting. All in all, the advantages of running far outweigh all the hassles one goes through.

Gracious has high hopes for Tanzanians or any one who wants to take up running. In his words, he says “If you can walk a mile, you can run a mile.” One first mile could be a start to running many miles in the future. He also offers words of encouragement stating not to be afraid to start something new because in the end you may surprise yourself.

So, to all Kenyan runners, look out! Gracious Msuya is coming!

My inspiration to run came to me by accident. After I graduated from college in Kansas, I moved to Minneapolis. It was after the Twin Cities Marathon was completed and I was reading the race results in the paper. As I read at the men’s results list, I saw that there was a 99 year old man who completed the race in 5 hours and 20 minutes. This was enough for me. I thought, if a 99 year old man can complete a full marathon, I should be able to complete one. I have never looked back and I have logged 14 marathons ever since.

I use running as meditation. Most of the movies I have written were conceived as I ran. Right now I have a few movie plots in my head, and as I run, the plots get polished.
I agree with brother Msuya, “If you can walk a mile, you can run a mile.” It is a discipline that has taught me to be in control of my many aspects of life, especially the fact that I don’t quit easily and I don’t sweat the small stuff. I always tell myself that it is only mile 5, with 21 more to go. With this perspective, there are few things that surprise me.

And this is why we run. A sense of accomplishment. A sense of setting a goal and achieving it. A sense of an overwhelming individual success. This can be transferred to any aspect of life, finances, school, career, family. Because really at the end of the day, we are first answerable to ourselves…

And yes, even beating Kenyan runners…it can happen!

So guys and gals – “TWENDE KUKIMBIA….”

Know any Tanzanian runners? Share the story with us!! - Josiah

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Naomba huyo Gracious Msuya aje mwakani akimbie Boston Marathon! Kweli waKenya wame-dominate!

Sinema kuhusu Askofu Kibira wa Kanisa Lutheri

Mtengeneza sinema maarufu wa kiTanzania, Josiah Kibira, anakuja na sinema mpya hivi karibuni. Sinema hiyo inahusu maisha na kazi aliyofanya marehemu baba yake mzazi, Askofu Josiah Kibira. Itakuwa kwenye format ya documentary. Tazameni trailer iliyoko YOU TUBE.




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Josiah Kibira: One Film at a Time

May 11th, 2009 - ANJ Online

From Tanzania to Kansas, comes a man on a mission to change the international film industry, one film at a time.

By: Nneka Onyilofor

Josiah Kibira is that man; the man that came to the U.S. to attend school at Bethany College in Kansas, and ended up founding his own production company, Kibira Films. For more than 20 years in the U.S., Josiah dreamed big, and turned those dreams into reality. By day he’s a software testing engineer, but during the rest of his life, he’s a writer, director, and producer. And it all began with an interest he had in writing scripts as he exercised this interest while he was in college. After college, he moved to Minnesota and began to recruit actors from local Twin Cities colleges and Universities for his first film titled, “Bongoland.”

Many Tanzanian’s may recognize the term “Bongo,” as it is a slang term for the country itself. However, Josiah added a spin to the title of his first featured film by calling it, “Bongoland,” which he describes as a more inclusive term. Bongoland was produced in 2003, which is a film about an immigrant who comes to the U.S. to look for opportunities and runs into a lot of issues that many immigrants can relate to. In this film, the main character makes a decision that brought about the film Bongoland II in 2007. With the support of UCLA, Josiah’s first film proved to be a success in a unique fashion. This uniqueness comes from the fact that both films are spoken in the Swahili language.

Josiah was motivated to do these films in Swahili because there was a lack of movies in this language that is spoken so widely in Africa and in the U.S. Bongoland was performed in about 60 percent Swahili, and in Bongoland II, Swahili was spoken throughout the entire film; 100 percent of the time.

“There are so many things that have to be done that are not known…Africa is full of those people that did great things but it’s only the Edi Amen’s that get the lime light.” There are so many things that are particular to Africa that Hollywood is not interested in,” stated Josiah. Thus, in 2005, Josiah produced a film titled, “Tusamehe,” which means forgiveness, and is about the AIDS epidemic. Swahili is spoken in about 70 percent of this film as well.

So what else can be said about Josiah Kibira? We’ll, his next goal is to continue to break down more barriers. “When you are in Africa, African Americans are looked at as heroes and when I got here, that’s what I was expecting. I was expecting my brothers to embrace me, but it was different,” he stated. This reality is going to open up a dialogue about the relationship between Africans and African Americans in the U.S. in Josiah’s upcoming documentary titled, “Two Africas in America.

” The ultimate goal of this documentary is to dispel the myths that both cultures have about the other and to begin the healing process that is well needed. Currently Josiah is marketing and promoting his films at film festivals in the U.S., UK, and Tanzania. His films have already been featured in various film festivals including the Pan-African film festival in Los Angeles.
“Most of the movies I do are very male centered…you need to find something that is female centered people told me.” Thus, a film that many women can relate to is another project Josiah is working on in addition to his upcoming documentary.
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For more information you can email info@kibirafilms.com or go to http://www.kibirafilms.com/. Look out for a preview of Josiah Kibira’s new documentary at the African Global Roots Art Festival on July 25th, 2009 from 5pm-midnight at the Grand Rios Ramada Hotel in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Sinema Mpya ya Josiah Kibira

TWO AFRICAS IN AMERICA...One African...One American...

This is our upcoming documentary currently in production. We hope to have it completed by the end of this summer. SEE THE TRAILER HERE

More details about the documentary CLICK HERE

Kibira Films Official Website

Request for Participants

Kibira Films International is looking for participants in the upcoming documentary titled "TWO AFRICAS IN AMERICA"...One African, One American. This documentary will examine the relationships between Africans and African Americans in the United States.

If you have any opinion on this topic and would like to participate, please send your contact information to info@kibirafilms.com. We will contact you and make arrangements of how we can include your opinion in the documentary.
Thank you!

Kibira Films International

WaBongo Hatujali!

Msanii, mwandishi na mwanablogu maarufu, Freddy Macha, ameandika feature katika gazeti la The Citizen. Inahusu sinema za Josiah Kibira, Bongoland na Bongoland II na jinsi waBongo wasivyothamini kazi za wenzao. Na anasema kweli. Sisi waBongo tuna tabia mbaya sana ya kupondana. Ukiona mtu anafanya mema unajaribu kumvuta chini ili muwe sawa!

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Kutoka gazeti la THE CITIZEN

Saddening indifference to Tanzanian Trailblazers

Freddy Macha

I am watching Bongoland Two, the movie by Kibira Films, for the third time now. I have seen it alone, with a filmmaking colleague and, tonight, with a group of friends of various nationalities. For those who do not know Kibira films, it is a company run by US-based Tanzanian filmmaker Josiah Kibira.

"He is pressing the right buttons," I am saying at the end.

"Ah, this is a load of rubbish," a fellow "Bongolander" chips in.

"Rubbish?" asks Raul, a Brazilian friend.

"I would not waste my money buying this."

"Waste of money?" Zak from Pakistan interjects, incredulously.

Bongo guy: "No one would behave like Juma. Such an ugly girlfriend?"

Juma is the main character of the Bongoland series. In both Bongoland One and Two, Juma is frustrated by his employers and community.

In Bongoland One he finds life in the US tough after he was made redundant. Soon, he is lodging at a friend's flat where he cannot pay the rent. He then breaks up with his white girlfriend whose father is a racist.

The American authorities discover he is an illegal immigrant and finally we see him driving to the airport, hoping for a better life back in Tanzania.

Bongoland Two sees Juma settled in Tanzania with a good job, a place to live and a local girlfriend. Problems, nevertheless, still thrive. His boss favours a lazy colleague, who happens to be his girlfriend.

The place he lives at is noisy and people smoke indoors. When he complains to the landlord or his corrupt boss he is told he is arrogant because he has been living overseas. Top that with a serious family crisis, and life remains a struggle.

At the end of Bongoland Two, we see an introspective Juma walking along a beach, most probably in Dar es Salaam. Josiah Kibira manages to show that Juma's problems may not be resolved by moving from one country to another.

Maybe we shall see Bongoland Three. Maybe the two flicks are enough to make us reflect and create a hypothesis. One of the roles of cinema is to stimulate social thought.

I am interested in two things ? what my fellow viewers are debating about and the implications of the Kibira Films venture.

I notice that all the foreigners in my flat are surprised at the negative reaction of some of my fellow country folks.
Raul, the Brazilian (cameraman and freelance filmmaker), has very captivating views.

"You guys have to thank God that this guy, what is his name again?"

"Kibira."

"He is trying to make a non-Hollywood film. Personally, I did not know there was a language called Swahili. I did not know Tanzania. I had never heard the word 'Bongo'. I have heard there is a Brazilian coach teaching your national team. But there is no information. So making such a film is a good thing. It opens the eyes of people from other countries."

One of the "Bongo" guys is sneering and making faces. He is clearly not amused.

"Won?t you even support by buying the films?"

"No."

It is sad and shows how we see each other.
Here is a man trying to sell us globally. Unlike those films you see from home made in a rush, with inferior sound and acting, Josiah Kibira strives towards quality.

Tanzania has not made a significant film since Fimbo Ya Mnyonge back in the mid-1970s. Some American television stations have even interviewed and spoken about these Swahili films. Kibira has already been invited to major international festivals including the prestigious Edinburgh and Zanzibar events.

Not only is he smart at marketing himself on the Internet, he is giving old and new Tanzanian actors a chance to be seen on the screen. He works with American film crews and technicians, consequently broadening working relationships between the two countries.

This is history in the making. In other words, it is the future of our entertainment industry. Although the $30,000 Kibira invested in the venture might be a small amount in terms of filmmaking, this is an expensive enterprise that demands a lot of time, determination and commitment, and should be applauded by every ?Bongolander?.

We should ask ourselves how various world-famous brands (be it Japanese cars or Bollywood films) came to be established.

We need to support the Buy Bongo, Buy Tanzania brand such as the Kibira Films venture. For more info visit http://www.kibirafilms.com/

http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=10575

Josiah Kibira alinganishwa na Sembene Ousmane!

Wadau, Mtengeneza sinema wa kiTanzania, Josiah Kibira amelinganishwa na mtengeneza sinema maarufu wa kiafrika, marehemu Sembene Ousmane. Gene Siskel Film Center ambayo inatambulika hapa Marekani kama sehemu maarufu inayotoa maoni juu ya sinema inasema kuwa sinema, Bongoland II ni kama aina ya sinema ambazo alitengeneza marehemu Sembene. Inafanya mtazamaji afikirie kwa undani.

Kati ya watengeneza sinema wote wa kiafrika, Sembene ndiye anajulikana zaidi kwa ajili ya sinema zake kama Moolaade, Xala na Faat Kine.

Bongoland II itaonyeshwa Chicago mwezi ujao, na Detroit hivi karibuni, tarehe za Detroit bado hatujapata.

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BONGOLAND II: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME 2008,
Josiah Kibira, Tanzania, 100 min.
With Peter Omari, Thecla Mjatta

In his first film BONGOLAND (2003), Josiah Kibira related the misadventures of Juma, a Tanzanian immigrant in Minnesota. In this self-sufficient sequel, Juma returns to Tanzania (aka Bongoland) to manage a company. His American-style ideas about efficiency and motivation meet with a less than enthusiastic response, and, when Mom’s visit produces some jaw-dropping revelations, he discovers that his relationship to his homeland has become even more tenuous. The film’s sharp, angry satire recalls such Ousmane Sembene classics as XALA and GUELWAAR. In Swahili with English subtitles. DV-CAM video. (MR)

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Bongoland II Review - Beda Msimbe

Nimeona hii review ya sinema, Bongoland II huko Lukwengule Entertainment. Imeandikwa na mwandishi wa habari maarufu Beda Msimbe. Aliiona leo kwenye Tamasha la filamu huko Zanzibar.

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Bongoland ll full uzushi full kupendeza

Ndio kwanza natoka kuangalia filamu iliyotengenezwa na watanzania ya Bongolandll katika ukumbi wa sinema wa wazi ndani ya Ngome Kongwe. Nyumba ilikuwa imeshiba, nataka kusema kwamba sinema hii ilipata mapokezimakubwa kwani ilishangiliwa na vile vijembe viliandaliwa kama vinavyostahili,maeneo ya manzese yalionyesha utofauti mkubwa wa maisha ndani ya Bongo ukilinganisha na mahali kazi zinapofanyika, dauni tauni.

Naam kama kuna wakati nilijisikia raha ni pale ambapo nilimuona dada Chemi akiwana waigizaji wazoefu sana nchini kama mama Mjata wakifanya vitu vyenye uhakika.Nilimaliza kuona filamu iliyojaa utata mkubwa wa maisha Bongoland ll nikiwa najisikia kuwapa Hi watanzania ambao wameonyesha tofauti kubwa ya maisha, akili,uwezo na kupozi maswali ambayo yanamgusa mtazamaji.

Ama hakika kazi ya Mtanzania huyu Josiah Kibira anayeishi huko Ughaibuni, Marekani ina maana kubwa na changamoto kwa waandazi wengine wa filamu nchini.Picha ya Bongoland 11 ambayo ni mwendelezo wa picha nyingine iliyoandaliwa naMtanzania huyo Bongoland ni ukakasi wa mapenzi, machungu, uzushi nauwongo,uzembe na kutojali maisha.

Ni filamu iliyoonyeshwa nchini kwa Mara ya kwanza ikiwa pia miongoni mwa filamuza kitanzania chache zilizofikishwa ZIFF kwa ajili ya kushindanishwa. Ikiwa inatumia dakika 109 inazungumzia umaskini kwa namna nyingi.

Umaskini uliomo ndani ya filamu hii ni wa mawazo, akili na swali kama kweli sisi ni mafukara linatawala kila mahali.hivi kama watu hawataki kazi watakuwaje mafukara?

Juma baada ya kurejea nchini akajikuta anatapeliwa, anadanganywa na pia anapata habari nyignine si nzuri, anapambana na bosi wake ambaye ana vibanda na vijumba basi mambo juu ya mambo.Naam ilikuwa filamu ya kuona kwani inasema wazi na ghasia zote sisi tu maskini wa mawazo.

Bongoland II itakuwa kwenye DVD hivi Karibuni

BONGOLAND II DVD - An Update

We have been busy getting ready to release BONGOLAND II on DVD. We are getting closer and closer...the date that we have planned to release the DVD is July 15th. More details to come.We are also proud to announce that Bongoland II was officially selected for the Zanzibar International Film Festival and the Black Harvest International Festival this is in Chicago.

Both of these film festivals will take place in the month of July. We are confident that there will be more festivals to come where you can possibly watch Bongoland II.

Please watch the blog to see how you can pre-order your new DVD.

In the meantime, we are working on two new projects. A documentary about the relationships between Africans and African Americans and a love story drama by a cast of mainly actors from Kenya. It is a Kenyan story by all measures.

Kibira Films watangaza seli ya DVD

SUMMER PRICE SPECIALS - ON OUR MOVIES

In anticipation of the summer we are pleased to announce some price reductions on our existing movies. This is a good time for you to get your very own quality Swahili movies. Act now because these deals will not last forever.

Starting now: Bongoland I DVD can now be purchased at $12.99 was $15.00

Tusamehe DVD can now be purchased at $12.99 was 17.99

You can bundle both movies (Tusamehe and Bongoland) at $22.00CLICK HERE to order your copy today...

Sinema 'Tusamehe' itaonyeshwa Washington D.C.

The U.S. chapter of the Tanzanian Women Graduate Federation (TWGF)

Presents the Washington , DC Premiere of

TUSAMEHE

a film by Josiah Kibira

Co-Sponsored by the Howard University African Studies Department

& Safari Restaurant

Admission: $8 if purchased by March 15th/$10 after March 15 th

Two showings: Friday, April 4, 2008 @ 8pm & Saturday, April 5, 2008 @ 8pm
Blackburn Auditorium in Blackburn Center @ Howard University

Official After-Party: Safari Restaurant ( 4306 Georgia Ave, NW )

For more information contact the following: Zawadi - 301-379-2342

Msia - 202-486-9536

The Tanzanian University Women’s Association (TUWA-USA), the U.S. chapter of TWGF, seeks to support and help empower Tanzanian women through the promotion of education and lifelong learning. Working with TWGF, TUWA-USA is raising funds to provide scholarships and school supplies for Tanzanian women and children. All profits will go towards our scholarship and assistance programs.

Mapigano katika sinema ya Bongoland II

Peter Omari na Charles Magali wakifanya mazoezi kabla ya kushuti scene

Jason Hilton coaches Shaffi & Mzee Olotu for a fight scene
Jason Hilton coaches Mzee Olotu on how to fall during a fight scene
Jason Hilton plays 'Kung Fu' with curious neighborhood kids while filiming in Manzese
Josiah Kibira discusses with Jason Hilton and Shafii on the logisitics of a fight scene

Watu wanangojea kwa hamu sinema ya Bongoland II.

Kwenye crew ya Bongoland II kulikuwa na mtaalamu wa mambo ya stunts (kupigana, kuanguka nk katika sinema) anaitwa Jason Hilton. Nilivyokuwa Bongo niliwaambia baadhi ya wasanii kuwa wawe makini kujifunza maana alikuwa anatoa somo bure. Hapa Marekani ukitaka masomo ya stunt unalipia hasa.

Kwa kweli kuna umuhimu wa mwalimu wa kufundisha stunts kwa wasanii Bongo. Nilishangaa sana nilipoambiwa kuwa eti katika sinema za Bongo, ukiona watu wanapigana au mtu kazabwa kibao basi wanafanya kweli hadi kuumizana! Hollywood mnaona watu wanapigana kumbe hakuna mtu aliyeguswa. Mfano kwenye ile sine ya Aftershock:Beyond the Civil War ambayo nimo, utadhani jamaa wanapigana kweli. Kumbe jamaa hakuguswa hata kidogo. Nakumbuka walivyoifilm na final product nikashangaa kweli utadhani jamaa kaua!

Website ya Jason Hilton ni: http://www.tumblemonster.com/pages/gallery.html

Hapa mnaweza kuona clip fupi ya mapingano kutoka sinema ya Bongoland II.

Note inachukua muda ku-load.

http://www.tumblemonster.com/video/TMPStuntSchoolReel.mov

Bongoland II, Maswali na Majibu

BOFYA HAPA KUSOMA MASWALI NA MAJIBU KUHUSU SINEMA YA BONGOLAND II.

Maswali na majibu kuhusu sinema ya Bongoland II.

Kwa habari za sinema za Kibira films Bofya hapa:

http://www.kibirafilms.com/index.html

Kuona posts zangu zote kuhusu sinema ya Bongoland II BOFYA HAPA:

BONGOLAND II

Picha Zaidi za Bongoland II

Baadhi ya Crew wakipozi na Mmasai. Kutoka kushoto, Chris Audet, Mmasai, Sam Fischer na Rajabu kutoka Sofia Records.

Stelingi wa Bongoland II, Peter Omari, akipozi na Cast na Crew. Kati Kati ni Josiah Kibira, aliyevaa sharti nyeupe ni Gervas Kasiga, aliyesaidia kwenye mambo ya Casting.

Josiah Kibira akitoa maelekezo kwa Mzee Kipara anayecheza kama 'Imam'
Ahmed Olotu (aliyekaa) kwenye scene Manzese. Hapo tulikuwa na wanafunzi kutoka UCLA.
Josiah Kibira akipozi na baadhi ya waigizaji. Aliyevaa Sharti nyeupe ni Hashim aliyecheza kama Inspekta Wingo kwenye sinema, 'Simu ya Kifo'

Scene inapigwa maeneo ya Mwananyamala

Bi Hindu aliyecheza kama 'Mama Mwenye Nyumba'

Wakazi wa eneo la Mwananyamala wafaidi sinema ya bure

Sepi! Kumbe unaishi hapa!
Josiah Kibira akiwa na Slate mwenyewe!

Kwa habari zaidi za sinema ya Bongoland II nenda:

http://www.kibirafilms.com/bongoland/director.html

Bongoland II Trailer

Kama ulibahatika kuona Trailer ya sinema ya Bongoland II, unakaribishwa kutoa maoni.

Ilikuwepo hewani kwa muda mfupi kwa majaribio, lakini bado inafanyiwa editing.

Bwana Josiah Kibira ameahidi kuwa kutakuwa na kampeni kali ya kuzindua sinema ya Bongoland II.

Pia ukitaka kusoma habari zote za sinema ya Bongoland II kwenye hii blogu bonyeza hapa:

http://swahilitime.blogspot.com/search/label/Bongoland%20II