Flora M'mbugu-Schelling is a Tanzanian documentary filmmaker, best known for her film ''
These Hands''.
[Bisschoff, L. (2014) Women's stories and struggles in "These Hands" (Flora M'mbugu-Schelling). In: Bisschoff, L. and Murphy, D. (eds.) Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema. Legenda: Oxford. ][Claire Robertson]
Film Reviews
''The American Historical Review
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'', Vol. 101, Issue 4, October 1996, pp.1142-3.
Life
Born in Tanzania, M'mbugu-Schelling studied at the
Tanzanian School of Journalism before doing further study in
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and
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. Her debut film, ''Kumekucha'' (1987), won a gold medal at the
New York International Film Festival
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Flora M'mbugu-Schelling
, ''African Film Festival''. ''These Hands'' documents the work of Mozambican refugee women, working breaking rocks in a quarry in Tanzania.[
]
Filmography
* '' Kumekucha'' 'From Sun Up'' 1987
* '' These Hands'', 1992
* ''Shida and Matatizo'', 1993
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Tanzanian film directors
Tanzanian women film directors
Documentary film directors
Women documentary filmmakers