Tanzania Transit

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2018 1 hr 15 min Documentary

On a train crossing Tanzania, a rolling microcosm of East African society, we follow three main characters, reflecting on the strength to survive.

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Reviews

Cubussoli
2018/05/03

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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FeistyUpper
2018/05/04

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Phonearl
2018/05/05

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Spoonatects
2018/05/06

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

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Mikumi
2018/05/07

Leo Tolstoy once said: "All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town." This documentary is great combination of those two elements. It takes you to a journey and as an audience you also feel like a stranger in the town. Tanzania Transit is basically about a train trip but leading characters help a lot to create a frame to understand what kind a travel it is. Travelling by bus or train give always strange feeling while passengers passing through towns or cities, like an outsider protected by glass, take a glance at unknown destinations before you arrive your main target. This documentary is great piece to give this feeling, to be a passenger, a stranger on the train. But being on the road is not the best part. The four main character are also giving a chance to understand how politics, religion or just being a lonely women affect a road trip. However the climax point for me is where the train hit a cow on railway where all people were same against cruelty.I love road stories and this is a great example of it. You should definitely watch if you can find a seat.

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