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Tanzania Transit

Documentary Competition

World Premiere

Netherlands | 75 MINUTES | Swahili | English subtitles

TANZANIA TRANSIT

Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival Alumni
With a fighting spirit and a storyteller’s heart, Rukia looks to start her life over in a new land. Peter Nyaga, a charismatic preacher, has already found his answer, but it means he cannot waste even a train ride in spreading his gospel—and shilling his book. And Maasai elder Isaya embarks on a multi-day trek home, joined by his grandson William, who is more interested in pursuing his career as a performer in the city than in carrying on the ancient traditions of his people.

Tribeca alum Jeroen van Velzen’s ruminative, captivating road movie follows three people finding their way, literally and figuratively, on a train journey across Tanzania. Each has already overcome considerable hardships, yet, in some sense, they appear unable to keep up with the fast-changing society around them. Van Velzen’s artful touches neatly encapsulate their experience, creating in Tanzania Transit a narrow, train-window-sized view on class, nationality, ethnicity, age, and gender, and how those divisions combine or combust in the most compact of melting pots.

—Ian Hollander

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Jeroen van Velzen

Born in Heerlen, the Netherlands, in 1979, Jeroen van Velzen moved abroad at age two, living in Kenya, India, and South Africa. A graduate of the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, he won the Tribeca Jury Award for Best New Documentary Director for his feature debut, Wavumba, in 2012. Tanzania Transit is his second feature documentary.
Director
Jeroen van Velzen
Producer
Digna Sinke
Screenwriters
Jeroen van Velzen, Esther Eenstroom
Cinematographer
Niels van Koevorden
Composer
Christiaan Verbeek
Editor
Patrick Minks
Sound
Tim van Peppen

CONTACTS

Print Source
Digna Sinke
SNG Film
Amsterdam, 1040 KB
Phone: +31-20 686 7837
info@sngfilm.nl
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Journeyman Pictures
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Press Contact
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Tribeca
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