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Memories of a Burning Tree

Directed by

Sherman Ong

Year

Runtime

2010

86 minutes

Genre

Drama

Language

Swahili

Synopsis

Smith comes to Dar es Salaam to tie up some loose ends. He meets Link, a tourist guide, who agrees to help him. Along the way they are offered help by Abdul, a grave digger, and Toatoa, a metal scavenger, who themselves are searching for answers to their own journeys.

Their search eventually leads them to realise that this is a never-ending journey of dreams and disappointments. With an ensemble cast of non-professional actors and an improvised script, this film is an homage to the road movie genre, where ultimately the road ends when you want it to end.

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Producer(s)

Sherman Ong

Produced by

Paddy Pictures

International Sales/Distribution

Cast

Smith Kimaro, Link Reuben, Miriam Emanuel, Khalid Saleh Bilal, Grace Mathayo, Abdul Khalfan Malaika, Mariam Rashid, Raheli Augustino, Mosses Samseni

Tags

2010, Drama, Dreams, Swahili, Friendship, Relationship, Road Movie, Journey

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