Tanzania

Martin Mhando was born in Tanzania and is a Research Fellow in the School of Media, Communication and Culture at Murdoch University in Western Australia. He has a doctoral degree with his dissertation's focus being African cinema. His areas of interest include the theory, history and praxis of documentary, and third cinema. Mhando is an award-winning filmmaker with numerous directorial titles to his name. His 2000 feature-length film, Maangamizi: The Ancient One, is the first African film nominated for an Oscar for Best Foriegn Film and was winner of the Paul Robeson Award at FESPACO 2004. In addition to being co-editor of the Journal of African Cinemas, published by Intellect, UK, he is also Festival Director of the Zanzibar international Film Festival (ZIFF). Biography Source

Filmography

Mama Tumaini (1986)
Ten Years of SADCC (2000)
Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001)
Finding a Place (2004)
Liyarn Ngarn (2007)