{"id":217,"date":"2022-01-09T07:03:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T07:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=217"},"modified":"2022-01-09T07:03:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T07:03:52","slug":"tanzania-scores-its-first-netflix-film-release-with-binti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/01\/09\/tanzania-scores-its-first-netflix-film-release-with-binti\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania Scores its First Netflix Film Release with &#8216;Binti&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the tagline,<em>&nbsp;It\u2019s not easy being imperfect<\/em>, Tanzanian film studio, Black Unicorn releases its debut feature film out into the world.&nbsp;<em>Binti<\/em>, a drama, is about four women who are unknowingly connected by their ability to persevere through extreme hardships in the city of Dar-es-Salaam. Their stories intertwine in the film, which hits Netflix from Friday, January 7th. It\u2019s a coup not only for the production company, which was created by two sisters, but for the Tanzanian film industry too \u2013 since it&#8217;s the first film from the country to be shown on the streaming network giant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it\u2019s been an imperfect journey to get to this stage. \u201cWe have dealt with so many obstacles, including post production in different countries during a pandemic, just to be seen, and this is only the beginning,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Angela Ruhinda<\/strong>, who co-founded the production company with her sister,&nbsp;<strong>Alinda<\/strong>, told&nbsp;<em>OkayAfrica<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the tagline,&nbsp;It\u2019s not easy being imperfect, Tanzanian film studio, Black Unicorn releases its debut feature film out into the world.&nbsp;Binti, a drama, is about four women who are unknowingly connected by their ability to persevere through extreme hardships in the city of Dar-es-Salaam. 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