''Tanyaradzwa'' is a 2005 Zimbabwean award-winning bilingual

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film written and directed by Tawanda Gunda Mupengo. The film stars

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, Kudakwashe Maradzika and Tendai Musoni in the lead roles. The titular role is played by the lead actress Kudakwashe Maradzika. The film had its theatrical release in August 2005 and received positive reviews. It also received several awards and nominations.

Cast

* Kudakwashe Maradzika * Tendai Musoni * Chamu Rice * Tafadzwa Munyoro * Rukudzo Chadzamira * Emmanuel Mbirirmi * Agnes Mupikata

Plot

Tanyaradzwa (Kudakwashe Maradzika), an intelligent and charming 18 year old teenage girl who hails from a well to do family becomes pregnant at school and was guilty of preserving the secret of her pregnancy from her parents for nine months. She gives birth to a baby boy and after getting to know this, her parents feel ashamed and chases her away. Tanya then attempts to find the baby's father.

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated in six categories at the 2006 Africa Movie Academy Awards and won the Award for the Best Cinematography and Tendai Musoni received the Award for Most Promising Actress.

References

External links

* {{Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Cinematography 2005 films Zimbabwean drama films Shona-language films 2000s English-language films