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Bahasha

Tanzanian director Jordan Riber shows the consequences of corruption on a personal level.

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

Bahasha

Ex-footballer Kitasa (Ayoub Bombwe) has big plans for his family and the community where he grew up. He manages to secure a position in local government. One day, Kampira, one of his political rivals, approaches him with a shady issue, asking Kitasa to look the other way when he starts illegal development on public land. Of course there is a nice reward in it for Kitasa. Kitasa agrees. The consequences are huge: Kitasa becomes entangled in a web of lies and, what's worse, he loses the respect of his community and family.

In this gripping drama, Zimbabwe-born Tanzanian director Jordan Riber shows the consequences of corruption on a personal level. He does so, remarkably, through the eyes of the corrupt politician Kitasa himself. Earlier in 2018, Riber shot the film Fatuma, also with Bombwe in one of the lead roles.

JORDAN RIBER (Zimbabwe) was raised in Zimbabwe, son of filmmakers John and Louise Riber. He fell in love with filmmaking and studied film at Western Washington University in the US. He has worked as a filmmaker and sound engineer in Dar es Salaam since 2005. Bahasha is his third feature, winning Best Director and Best Cinematography awards at the 2018 Zanzibar International Film Festival