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Behind the Behind the Scenes · 2025

The Bride · 2023

Stain · 2021

No Exit · 2026

Fatuma · 2018

Nyara: The Kidnapping · 2020

Tanzania

Vielfalt statt Artensterben · 2022

Tanzania

Sixteen Rounds · 2021

UgandaEnglish

Safari · 2022

Kenya

Rising from Ashes · 2013

Running Against the Wind · 2023

EthiopiaAmharic

The Boy from Geita · 2015

Tanzania

Blood is Not Fresh Water · 1997

Mvera · 2023

Diplomat · 2012

Call Me Kuchu · 2012

Serengeti Symphony · 1998

Tanzania

Bobi Wine: The People's President · 2023

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