BONGO FILM DATA BASE: May 2012

ZUKU Yadhamini ZIFF Dola Millioni Moja

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ZUKU leo imetangaza udhamini wa tamasha la Zanzibar katika muungano na ZIFF, ambayo kwa miaka 15 iliyopita imesherekea and kuwezesha uzalishaji wa filamu hapa Tanzania na duniani kote.”

Akizungumza ya ushirikiano, Mwenyekiti wa ZIFF, Bw. Mahmoud Thabit Kombo alisema ameburudishwa na kiwango cha juu cha ujasiri katika udhamini wa kampuni ya ZIFF. "ZIFF ni sehemu kubwa ya utamaduni wa Kiafrika na kama shirika International Film Festivala (ZIFF) kwa Dola millioni moja kipindi cha miaka 10 kutoka 2012 hadi 2022, kwa lengo la kusaidia filamu ZIFF na kukuza tamasha na mipango ya masoko. Kwa kipindi cha udhamini, ZUKU itadhamini Dola laki moja kila mwaka na itaangalia jinsi ya kupanua udhamini wake kila mwaka.

Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Wananchi Group, Bw Richard Bell, alisema mkataba wa udhamini wa ZIFF ni hatua muhimu wa ushirkiano ambayo inaweza kuona ZUKU ikiwa mdhamini mkuu wa ZIFF. Alisema “Bila shaka, tamasha la ZIFF litaendelea kukua na mahitaji yataongezeka, lakini kwa sasa udhamini wetu unatupatia fursa ya kuungana na kushirikiana.”

Bw. Bell aliendelea kueleza yakuwa, “Udhamini wa ZUKU, unakaribiisha wadhamini wengine kushirikiana na Ziff na matumaini yetu ni kwamba kwa muda wetu wa kuhusika, wadhamini wengine wataungana nasi kwa kudhamini tamasha la ZIFF.”

Akipongeza tukio hili, Mwenyekiti wa Wananchi Group, Ali Mufuruki aliongeza, "Kama wasambazaji wa ZUKU Pay TV, jukumu la kukuuza sekta ya filamu na burudani hapa Afrika Mashariki. Kwa hiyo ni kiburi kwamba sisi tunaingia ya kiburi Zanzibar, tunaradhi kupanua uhusiano huu mkubwa," alisema.

Makualiano ya ZUKU ya miaka kumi anahitimisha mwaka 2022 na mwenyekiti wa ZIFF alisema ushirikiano utakuwa uhusiano huu utakawa umekua kuwa uhusiano mkuu wa biashara na jamii. Aliendelea kusma "ZUKU inaendelea kuenea mabawa yake kukamata soko la Pay TV katika Afrika Mashariki na Afrika Kati, ZIFF itawasiliana na ZUKU kuendeleza filamu na vyombo vya habari vya sekta ya burudani".

Ushirikiano huu ni nguzo ya masoko ya ubunifu kwa ajili ya wawekezaji na wafanyabiashara ambao wana maono kwa ajili ya ukuaji wa uchumi na ajira katika sekta zote, hasa utalii na burudani. Kwa Kazi ya kukuza sekta ya burudani, ZIFF na ZUKU itasaidia kujenga ajira kwa watengenezaji wa filamu, wazalishaji na watendaji katika kanda nzima.

ZIFF itafanyika kati ya Julai 7 na 15 mwaka 2012.

STEVE NYERERE ATOA MSAADA KWA WATOTO YATIMA NA KUZINDUA FILAMU YAKE KINONDONI

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BEST LOOSERS KUJA NA J.SISTERS HIVI PUNDE

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DAMU YA MJOMBA YA SHIRIKISHA MASTAA TISA

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BISHOP HILUKA ; MATATIZO HAYA MPAKA LINI?

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SEKTA ya filamu ni moja ya sekta ambazo zimezongwa na matatizo makubwa. Tathmini nyingi zilizofanyika na zinazoendelea kufanyika zinabaini kuwa chanzo kikuu cha matatizo haya ni kutoeleweka kwa dhana nzima ya burudani hususan filamu, kutothaminiwa kwa filamu na kwa serikali kutokuwa na kipaumbele katika tasnia ya filamu katika mipango ya maendeleo ya nchi yetu.

Ingawa jamii na viogozi wa nchi yetu hawawezi kukwepa lawama kwa maendeleo hafifu ya sekta ya filamu na burudani kwa ujumla wake, wasanii, waandaaji na watendaji wengine katika sekta hii wanastahili kulaumiwa zaidi kwa kuwa hawafanyi jitihada za kutosha katika kuelimisha na kuwaelewesha wananchi juu ya dhana ya burudani (filamu), mchango wake katika uchumi, ajira na umuhimu wake katika kusimulia hadithi zetu.

Sekta hii inahitaji jitihada za kimtandao za ushawishi na utetezi. Hapana shaka jitihada hizi zikiwepo zitasaidia sana kuelekeza nguvu, kasi na ari zaidi iliyopo sasa katika jamii yetu kwenye maendeleo ya Sekta ya filamu.

Nimekuwa nikiipiga kelele Serikali kila mara kwa kuonekana kama imejitoa kwenye masuala yanayohusu filamu japo ina chombo kinachohusika na Ukaguzi wa Filamu na Michezo ya Kuigiza, lakini hii imekuwa ikidhihirishwa na kuonekana kwa watu wachache tu wanaomiliki soko la filamu huku serikali ikiwa haiambulii chochote na wala haioneshi kushtuka.

Uhakika nilionao ni kwamba, hata kama Serikali ikijiondoa katika kuhudumia sekta ya filamu kivitendo, lakini haipaswii kujiondoa katika kudhibiti shughuli na soko la filamu, ikiwemo kufuatilia kwa makini data za mauzo ya filamu, kuwa na sera maalum ya filamu, kujenga miundombinu ya kimasoko na kuwa na chombo maalum cha kusimamia mambo haya. Hainiingii akilini kwa dola kuacha kufanya haya!

Kwa tathmini yangu, sekta ya filamu na burudani kwa ujumla ina udhaifu mkubwa sana katika ushawishi na utetezi. Wakati sekta hii ndiyo yenye matatizo ya kutoeleweka na kutothaminiwa, jambo ambalo sisi tulio ndani ya sekta yenyewe tunalifahamu vyema, ni aghalabu sana kukuta washiriki, wadau wa sekta hii au watu tuliowapa dhamana (viongozi wa Shirikisho la Filamu Tanzania, TAFF) wakifanya jitihada za dhati za ushawishi na utetezi. Wote tuko kimyaa, tumenywea! Cha ajabu tukikutana wenyewe kwa wenyewe kwenye vikao vyetu, kwenye mitandao ya jamii kama facebook tunaelezana matatizo yetu, jinsi tunavyotaabika, jinsi tunavyopuuzwa, baada ya vikao tunaachana kila mmoja akiendelea na shughuli zake, hakuna kinachoendelea!

Jambo moja kubwa nakubaliana nalo ni kwamba mengi ya matatizo yetu makubwa katika tasnia ya filamu yako nje ya uwezo wetu kuweza kuyamaliza, japo binafsi nimekuwa natoa makala katika magazeti na kuyasema haya ninapoalikwa kwenye vituo vya televisheni, lakini bado haitoshi kufikisha ujumbe mbali zaidi. Wakati mwingine nadhani labda kudharaliwa kwa muda mrefu kwa sekta hii kumetufikisha mahali hata sisi wenyewe tukaanza kuona ni sawa sekta kudharauliwa, kupuuzwa na kudhalilishwa. Iweje sekta ya filamu ndiyo iwe kimbilio la watu waliokosa kazi za kufanya au walioshindwa masomo? Kwa kweli kazi iliyo mbele yetu katika maendeleo ya shughuli za filamu bado ni kubwa.

Kwa nini hatuna Taasisi na Mashirika yasiyo ya Kiserikali (NGOs) yanayohudumia Filamu? Ieleweke kuwa hapa kuna watendaji au wahusika wengi na wa aina tofauti: Serikali Kuu, Serikali za Mitaa, Mashirika ya Umma, hali kadhalika mashirika na makampuni yaliyo katika sekta binafsi. Na hata Wasanii pia wanahusika.

Kwa kweli wahusika ni wengi, lakini inavyoonekana hasa kwa upande wetu tulio ndani ya sekta hii, hatuna malengo ya aina moja, madhumuni wala majukumu mahsusi. Ingawa aina ya matatizo inafanana kwa wahusika wote, lakini inavyoonekana hata tuliowakabidhi jukumu la kutusimamia ndani ya sekta ya filamu (TAFF) hata majukumu yao hawayafahamu, au hawayatekelezi kwa kiwango kinachotakiwa, au hawayatekelezi kabisa. Wanafurahia kuitwa viongozi wa taasisi ya filamu na kukutana na wakubwa bila kujua majukumu yao!

Nadhani kuna umuhimu wa kukumbushana, kueleweshana na kuzinduana ili kazi iendelee na kasi iongezeke vinginevyo tutaendelea kulalamika kutengwa huku tukiendelea kuwafaidisha wachache na sisi kufa masikini.

Kwa ujumla ipo hali dhahiri ya kuwepo kwa uelewa mdogo wa dhana ya nzima ya burudani katika nchi hii. Hali hii inapunguza hamasa au mwamko kwa wasanii, watayarishaji filamu na hata viongozi kutafakari na kujishughulisha na mambo mengi ya sanaa hii.

Ni bahati mbaya sana hata viongozi na watendaji wanaopewa dhamana katika wizara husika na idara zake wamo katika kundi hili la kukosa uelewa kuhusiana na thamani, mchango kiuchumi na dhana nzima ya burudani. Hawa ndio wenye fursa ya kufanya maamuzi ya hatma ya maendeleo ya sekta yetu. Inashangaza hata Wabunge wanaohubiri ajira kwa vijana, ambao wanapaswa kuwa makini katika kutafakari mipango ya Serikali, hutumia muda mchache sana kuongelea burudani japo wanakiri kuwa ina mchango mkubwa sana katika nchi hii.

Hii ni ishara kuwa hawana uelewa wa kutosha wa dhana na dhima ya fani nyingi za burudani. Hamasa au mvuto wao kwa fani hizo ni mdogo. Hali hii ni hivyo hivyo kwa watunga sera ambao wanatoa kipaumbele cha chini sana kwa sekta hii. Kama nilivyosema hawa ndio wapitisha maamuzi. Huenda kosa sio lao. Ni sisi tulio ndani ya Sekta hii ambao hatuwapi fursa ya kuelewa au kujenga hamasa kutokana na harakati zetu za ushawishi na utetezi wa sekta ya filamu na burudani kwa ujumla.

Japo iliwahi kutangazwa kuwa serikali inatoa misamaha kwa vifaa vya uzalishaji filamu, lakini kumekuwepo ukiritimba na usumbufu mkubwa pindi unapoingiza vifaa hivyo, ni kama hakuna misamaha inayotolewa, na hii ni sababu inayotokana na Serikali na watu wengine kutotambua kikamilifu kuwa filamu pia ni sekta inayoweza kuchangia kwa kwango kikubwa mno uchumi wa nchi hii. Inaweza na tayari inaingizia nchini fedha za kigeni moja kwa moja au kupitia sekta nyingine kama vile utalii na biashara ya mahoteli na mabaa.

Zipo nchi, kama vile Afrika ya Kusini, ambazo zinapata mabilioni ya dola za Kimarekani kila mwaka kutokana na sekta ya filamu. Masuala ya msingi hapa yanayohitaji ushawishi ni mahitaji zaidi ya nyenzo na fedha kwa Sekta ya filamu, hasa ikishakuwa rasmi.

Pia wasanii na watendaji wengine wanapaswa kupatiwa mafunzo, kwangu mafunzo ndiyo kitu cha kwanza muhimu kwa mtu yeyote yule katika kumuongezea stadi zake za utendaji. Kwa jumla kuna upungufu mkubwa wa mafunzo ya fani mbalimbali za sanaa, ikiwemo filamu. Wasanii wengi wanajifunza kwa kuiga wenzao. Ingawa hii ni moja ya njia za kujifunza, tatizo lake ni kuwa huchukua muda mrefu na haina hakika kama kinachoigwa ni sahihi au la.

Tutafute njia nyingine nzuri za kuwapatia mafunzo wasanii wetu na watendaji wengine ndani ya sekta ya filamu, kwani mafunzo yanayotolewa na Chuo cha Sanaa Bagamoyo ni kwa waliohitimu kidato cha nne na kuendelea. Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam chenyewe huchukua walio na sifa za kusomea shahada. Lakini kwa kuwa vijana wengi wenye vipaji katika nchi hii hawakubahatika kwenda sekondari, na wangependa kujiendeleza katika sanaa ili wapate staid, sijui tunawasaidiaje?

Kwa kupuuza hili matokeo yake ni wasanii wengi kufanya kazi bila kupitia mafunzo maalum, sekta hii kuonekana ni ya watu walioshindwa masomo au kukosa kazi za kufanya, na kwa hiyo ufanisi wa kazi umekuwa wa chini mno. Lakini hata kwa waliokwenda vyuoni, tuna tatizo pia la mafunzo yatolewayo kutokidhi kikamilifu mahitaji ya wasanii kutokana na upungufu wa walimu waliobobea, vifaa vya mafunzo na vitabu.

Kwa hiyo eneo hili la mafunzo linahitaji msukumo siyo tu wa kuongeza nafasi bali pia ubora wake. Ushawishi kwa uongozi na wamiliki wa asasi za mafunzo ni muhimu. Ni muhimu pia kushawishi asasi au watu binafsi kuanzisha mafunzo kwa ajili ya fani ya filamu kama tunataka kuendelea.

Kwa kweli bado tuna changamoto kubwa. Tunatakiwa kuacha kulumbana na kuangalia namna nzuri ya kuandaa sera itakayotuongoza kwenye mafanikio ya soko la filamu. Tuunganishe nguvu zetu, ujuzi wetu na elimu yetu ili jitihada zetu ziwe na mafanikio kwa maslahi yetu na vizazi vyetu vijavyo.

Chanzo: http://bishophiluka.blogspot.com/

Asante!

WIZI WA KAZI ZA WASANII MBIONI KUPATIWA DAWA

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Huenda kilio cha wasanii juu ya wizi wa kazi zao kikapungua kama si kufikia kikomo iwapo wasanii wataamka na kushirikiana na kampuni ya Global Standard One (GS1) ambayo imekuja na mfumo wa kimataifa wa kutambua na kudhibiti kazi za Sanaa.

Akizungumza wiki hii kwenye Jukwaa la Sanaa la Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa (BASATA), Kaimu Mkurugenzi wa kampuni hiyo Fatma Kange alisema kuwa, mfumo huo wa kuziwekea alama ya utambuzi ya kimataifa (barcode) kazi za wasanii utasaidia kudhibiti uharamia kwenye sekta ya sanaa na kusaidia upatikanaji wa takwimu sahihi.

“Mfumo huu ni wa kimataifa, umekuwa ukitumika duniani kote miaka 38 iliyopita, hapa kwetu ni mpya kabisa. Ni mfumo wa kutambua bidhaa halali kwa kuziwekea alama maalum (barcode) ambayo itazifanya zitambuliwe kimataifa na kutokughushiwa” alisema Bi. Kange.

Aliongeza kuwa, mfumo huo unalenga kurasimisha sekta ya Sanaa kwa kuwafanya wasanii kwanza kujisajili na baadaye kazi zao kuwekewa alama maalum ambapo sasa watajua idadi halisi ya nakala (bidhaa za sanaa) walizozalisha, fedha walizoingiza na zaidi kutazuia kazi zao kuuzwa hovyo mitaani pasipokufuata taratibu.

“Lengo ni kazi za wasanii kutambuliwa kimataifa, kuuzwa kwenye maduka makubwa na kupewa thamani halisi. Wenzetu katika nchi zilizoendelea wako mbali katika hili, kazi zao zinauzwa kwenye art stores tu (maduka maalum ya kazi za Sanaa)” alisisitiza Kange.

Akieleza jinsi Wasanii watakavyojiunga, Bi. Kange alisema kuwa, wako kwenye mikakati ya kuwaelimisha Wasanii lakini akasisitiza kuwa, mfumo huo huendeshwa kwa wasanii wenyewe kuridhia na baadaye kazi zao kuwekewa alama hiyo ambapo hukatwa kiwango kidogo sana cha fedha baada ya kukubaliana na wasanii wote.

Kwa upande wake Katibu Mtendaji wa BASATA, Ghonche Materego alisema kuwa, kwa muda mrefu sekta ya Sanaa imekuwa ikichukuliwa kama ya burudani tu kwa hiyo muda umefika wa watanzania kuichukulia Sanaa kama biashara na kuipa thamani halisi.

“Kwa sasa Sanaa imekubalika, ule wakati wa kuiona kama burudani tu umepita. Hatuna ujanja lazima tuirasimishe sekta ya Sanaa” alisisitiza.

Aliwaahidi Wasanii kupitia mashirikisho na vyama vyao kuwa, kutakuwa na vikao vya mara kwa mara na kampuni hii ili kuona ni kwa kiwango gani suala la udhibiti na utambuzi wa kazi zao kupitia nembo hii linaweza kutekelezwa.

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1. Bi. Fatma Kange akiongea na wadau wa Sanaa kuhusu mfumo maalum wa kimataifa wa utambuzi na udhibiti wa bidhaa mbalimbali wakati akiwasilisha mada kwenye Jukwaa la Sanaa la BASATA mapema wiki hii. Kulia ni Mkurugenzi wa Idara ya Utafiti, Mafunzo na Habari, BASATA Godfrey Lebejo na Katibu Mtendaji wa BASATA, Ghonche Materego.

2. Katibu Mtendaji wa BASATA, Bw. Materego akisisitiza jambo wakati akiongea na wadau wa Sanaa kwenye Jukwaa la Sanaa la BASATA wiki hii. Alieleza kuwa, ni wakati sasa wa kuirasimisha sekta ya Sanaa.

3. Mtendaji kutoka Kampuni ya Global Standard One (GS1), Andrew Karumuna akionesha moja ya kazi ya Msanii Judith Wambura (Lady Jay Dee) iliyowekewa alama maalum ya kimataifa ya utambuzi na udhibiti wa bidhaa kwenye Jukwaa la Sanaa wiki hii.Lady Jay Dee ni msanii pekee ambaye amekwishaingia na kuanza kunufaika na mfumo huu.

4. Mdau na mkereketwa wa Sanaa na Jukwaa la Sanaa, Francis Kaswahili akiuliza na kuchangia mada kuhusu mfumo huo wa utambuzi na udhibiti wa bidhaa mbalimbali zikiwemo za Sanaa.

5. Mdau huyu alipongeza ujio wa mfumo huu lakini akataka Wasanii wahamasishwe kuingia katika mfumo ili kudhibiti uharamia.

6. Sehemu ya Wadau wa Jukwa

Na Mwandishi Wetu

Asante!

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MZEE SMALL YU HOI HOSPITALI YA AMANA

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BARCODE KUTAMBULISHWA KWENYE KAZI ZA SAANA SASA

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FORGIVE ME SON

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ROSE NDAUKA NA LOVE ME OR LOVE ME NOT

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The Economics of Tanzanian Film, Art and Business:-part 4

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THE world has continued to marvel at how Tanzanians “manufacture” and “fabricate” scores of movies in a week. It is reported that but for other African countries, Tanzania produces more movies in quantitative terms than any other country in the world except Nigeria. As joint stakeholders in the development of our motherland, I hope that my presentation today on the “social economics” of the movie industry will provoke processes that could move the industry forward. In the course of this presentation, I will be inviting you to join me as we journey through the past, the present and the future of the Tanzanian film industry. There is a saying that today is tomorrow’s yesterday, in other words, where we are today is a reflection of our past and a foreshadow of our future.

The size of our population and the diverse cultures within it combined with the raw talents that abound within Tanzania makes the phenomenal growth of the film industry inevitable.

It is heart-warming though to note that Tanzanian movies already dominate TV screens all over Africa and going even as far as Central and Southern Africa. There is also a eastern dimension to this export market. According to sum Filmmakers of Tanzania, every film in Tanzania has a potential audience of 15 million people within the country and about 25 million outside. These statistics may be somewhat conservative considering that half of East Africa’s 250 million people are Swahili speakers and according to the World Bank, slightly over 10 million Tanzanians are scattered around the world, most of them in the developed economies. There is a school of thought that talks about the rebirth of the film culture in Tanzania. They claim that like in a horror movie, the infant film market was gruesomely butchered at the altar of the Bongoflavour together with other sectors of the entertainment. The Indigenization Decree of 1972, which sought to transfer ownership of about 15 cinema houses in the country from their foreign proprietors to Tanzanians, did little to help matters. Though this transfer resulted in the eruption of the latent ingenuity of Tanzanian playwrights, screenwriters, poets, and film producers, the gradual dip in the value of the Tanzanian shilling, combined with lack of finance, marketing support, quality studio and production equipment as well as inexperience on the part of practitioners, hampered the growth of the local film industry.

At this juncture, I would like to go back a little in history. Film as a medium first arrived on our shores in the form of itinerant peephole hawkers of still

pictures. These were soon replaced with roving cinemas, which began feeding us with doses of American western films.
Most of us old enough to remember this era of the Tanzania society refer to it as the good old ‘50s and ‘60s and it was perfect timing for a love affair between Tanzanian film and Tanzanian music. Sadly, we had neither the technology nor the means to do our own films and had to be satisfied with mostly foreign fare. Soon vast acres of our urban surroundings became flooded with wall posters of alien culture in the form of American, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese films. Our kids caught on to the Kung-fu and Karate culture. Tanzanians began to know more about Bruce Lee, James Bond, and the travails of the American Indians than they did about the Mbari Mbayo cultural group.
Some significant successes were recorded after independence when for about ten years after the Tanzania Kagera war, Tanzanian literature and theatre got introduced to motion picture. Representative of this new wave were the works of Late Hon. Rashid Mfaume Kawawa, a doyen of Tanzanian art who understood that film and theatre were vehicles for promoting indigenous language, art and culture. The Tanzanian nightlife scene subsequently came alive. Highlife music was the in-thing and the music of the Marijani Rajabu, Ottu Jazz Band, Sikinde ngoma ya Ukae and others reigned.
This early example of Tanzanian art on celluloid using the best of Western film techniques, was a breath of fresh air even if it was a low technology, low budget experiment unable to impress the market against the dominance of imports which though exotic did little to promote Tanzanian art. Came to early 2000’s the film Girlfriend, was another fair effort on celluloid, which captured Tanzanians on film. Love Story, of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Nsyuka and Mzee wa Busara was another first generation Tanzanian film by the duo of Chief Amri Bawji and Sultan Tamba. Mtitu Game’s Johari was also another valiant film which was unfortunately censored by the authorities. Thankfully in the 2003’s, the TV serialization of Mambo Hayo, Kaole groups
became hugely successful video culture in Tanzania.
The Entertainment Industry was one of the worst victims and had to move indoors. The few cinema houses existing either had to close shop or were taken over by religious bodies. This accelerated the birth of home video entertainment. Credit must now be given to our second generation film industry pioneers such Stephen Kanumba (late), Jacob Stephene(JB), Vyonne Cherry (Monalisa), Selles Mapunda, Vicent Kigosi, Blandina Chagula, Issa Mussa, Mohamed Mwikongi, Irine Uwoya, Aunt Ezekiel, Yusuf Mlela, Hemed Suleyman, Riyama Ally, and others – who inherited, without hesitation, the commercial and artistic traditions of Tanzanian film and theatre from the likes of Bishanga Bashaija, Natasha, Single Mtambalike, Simoni Mwakifamba (TAFF president) just to name a few, and began to tell our stories using the video format.
(to be continued)

Story by SELLES Mapunda

AROBAINI YA STEVEN KANUMBA HII JUMAPILI HII YA TAREHE 20/05/2012

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THE ECONOMICS OF TANZANIAN FILM, ART AND BUSINESS PART -3

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NDOA YANGU...NDOA YANGU

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Kazi ya mwisho kuchezwa na kutayarishwa na marehemu Steven Charles Kanumba ambayo ilikuwa tayari kuigia sokoni mapema mwezi wa nne mara baada kuifanyia matangazo yakutosha kwenye magazeti,redio na kubandika poster zake mitaani ila suala hilo lakuitoa filamu hii ikashindikana kutokana na sababu zilizokuwa nje ya uwezo wasambazaji [Steps] za kupokea taarifa za kumpoteza mtayarisha mkuu wa filamu hii usiku wa kuamkia tarehe saba mwezi wa nne sasa ipo tayari kwenye orodha ya filamu zitakazo toka hivi karibuni... kaa mkao wa kuburudika na kuelimika sasa....

Filamu;
Ndoa Yangu

Mtayarishaji.
Steven Kanumba

Director
Steven Kanumba.

Star Cast;
Steven Kanumba.
Jackline Wolper
Patcho Mwamba

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Leo wino wa Bongo film Database unamwagika kwenye alama za angalizo[Film Censorship] zitoazo onyo juu ya umri wa wanaopaswa kuangalia filamu kwa maana ya kwamba mambo yanayozungumziwa ndani yake ni mahususi kwa rika fulani kwa mfano PG kwa rika lolote wanaweza tizama uhususani watoto zaidi kutokana na mfumo wa hadithi yenyewe na hata mazingira iliyochezewa daima huwa sawiya na yale mazingira yao ya kila siku yanayowapa furaha siku zote. ,PG 13 ni mahususi kwa watoto kuanzia miaka kumi na tatu na kushuka chini kwa kiasi fulani, PG (15-16) ni mahusi kwa watu wenye umri huo tu. Hii inayoonesha kuwa imewekewa nembo ya PG 18+ ni mahususi kwa watu wenye umri wa miaka kumi na nane na zaidi tu

Alama hizi zilitambulishwa kwenye ulimwengu huu wa sinema mapema mwa mwaka 1907 huko nchini Marekani kwenye moja ya majimbo yake lijulikanalo kama Chicago mara baada ya bodi maalumu ya ukaguzi wa mambo ya maadili ndani ya jamii kuingiwa na hofu juu ya maadili ya jamii yao kumomonyoka kwa sinema zilizotengezwa nchini humo kuwa na mambo ambayo moja kwa moja yatapelekea kumomonyoa madili iliyokuwa inaoneshwa kwenye majumba ya sinema na munamo mwaka 1908 nchini humo humo mliki wa jumba moja alitiwa nguvuni mara baada kuonesha filamu ilyokuwa na vipande visivyofaa kuoneshwa kwa watu waliochini miaka kumi na nane na kumtia nguvuni kwa mliki wa ukumbi huo ilikuwa kama mfano na fundisho lenye onyo kali kwa wale wote watakao kiuka agizo hilo tena.

jamani kwa hapa Tanzania kwani alama hizi zina umuhimu kweli? kwani mpaka leo hii hakuna hatua zozote zilizochukuli dhidi ya watayarishaji filamu juu ya kazi zao zilizokuwa vipande visivyostahili kuoneshwa kwa rika fulani na fualani badala yake utawasikia wakilalamika siku zote ya kuwa wasanii wapotosha maadili...watayarishsji ukizungumza nao utawasikia wakihoji na kusema kwani kuna umaana gani hasa kuwekwa alama hizi kwenye kasha la filamu? ukuitaza bodi yenyewe husika haiko makini... ila swali hili jibu lake nimekwisha taainaisha hapo juu ila pamoja na umaana wa alama hizo kuwa ni muhimu sana zingatiwe na watayarishaji kwa jamii yetu kwe utendaji wao wakazi kwani alama hizi sio ngeni kabisa kwa watayarishaji filamu wetu ila bado hazipewi nafasi kabisa sasa sijui ni kutozingatia maadili ya taifa letu kwa ujumla wake au ndiyo shetani wa pesa anyewavuta wakati wakijitambua? ndugu zetu tuangalie tunakotoka, tulopo na tunakoelekea kwa jamii hiyo inayohalibika ndiyo jamii hiyo hiyo watakuja ishi watoto wenu na wa wenzenu.

Juhudi za kuwatafuta wazalishaji filamu hapa nchini tukazifanya na kuzungumza nao kwa njia tofauti tofati na mmoja wao alikuwa na haya ya kusema;

Mtayarishaji;
-- ''Hapa Tz tatizo ni Bodi ya ukaguzi filamu nchini [TFCB] kwani wao ndo hasa wanaotakiwa ku-rate movies, lakini ninachokijua mimi ni kwamba hawana muda wa kufanya hiyo kazi na labda hawaijui kabisa. mfano mimi ni mzuri sana kwenye filamu za kiutu uzima lakini hata unawapelekee script hawaipitii kwa umakini basi tu mtu unajiandikia unavyotaka.''

Mfano filamu ya ndoa yangu ina alama kwenye kasha lake ikianisha ama kutahadhalisha watizamaji yakuwa ina mambo ambayo kimsingi yanafaa kutizamwa na watu wenye rika la miaka kuanzia kumi na nane na kuendelea tu ila kutokana na mazingira ya tasnia yetu hii ya watu wanao tayarisha filamu kutozingatia hata kidogo suala hili na kusahau wao ndiyo wanachangia kudumisha mila na tamaduni zetu kwa kiasi kikubwa na badala yake ndivyo tuanavyoona sasa au tuwageukie tena na kuwauliza watu wa serikalini kupitia wizara yake inayosimamia mambo ya sanaa hapa nchini? hapana! sisi kupitia ukurasa huu tunanuiya kutoa elimu madhubuti kwa jamii juu ya hili suala na kwa kuanzia tuanpenda kuanza na hii filamu ya marehemu Steven Kanumba itakayoingia sokoni hivi karibu, jamani watanzania wenzetu uhususani wazazi tunapenda kuwaasa juu ya hili...chonde chonde tuzitizame filamu hizi kwanza ndipo tuwaruhusu nayo wazitizame sasa kwani filamu za sasa zinafundisha sana hivyo tusiwanyime elimu hii kupitia filamu.

THE ECONOMICS OF TANZANIAN FILM, ART AND BUSINESS PART 2:

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THE ECONOMICS OF TANZANIAN FILM, ART AND BUSINESS PART 2:

The challenge of sustaining the industry now, like at its inception, is to find creative solutions and innovative ideas that can break new grounds to enable Tanzanian film Industry be competitive internationally. Tanzanian film Industry cannot afford to break ties with technology, particularly in this age of New Media and digital technology.

SO WHAT IS WRONG WITH DISTRIBUTION IN TANZANIA?
To understand the future, it is useful to interrogate the past. Therefore we should begin by asking the question: what is wrong with distribution in Tanzania?
In Western societies, a film’s commercial lifespan would normally begin with a box office or cinema release, then video release, then broadcast on fee-paying television, and finally on public television. Producers and marketers would then generate the appropriate promotion and publicity to maximize profitability out of each phase. The Tanzanian experience with the video culture so far has shown that without piracy, there are huge potentials for making money in the industry. In South Africa, I understand that video distribution usually doubles or triples a movie’s revenues. The video boom is therefore not just a Tanzanian phenomenon. Video appears to be the home entertainment mainstay for the world’s developing countries.

From all indications, the future of the Tanzanian movie industry is promising. I understand that every day, about three new low budget movies are released into the market. Each film is then replicated into about 100,000 video cd’s and distributed to markets, video clubs and eventually various homes. This process creates jobs and income for the people involved in the production, distribution and marketing of the movies. It is only when we change our paradigm and see film production as big business, that the film industry will take its rightful position in the economy.

The Indian film industry has been projecting India’s culture globally for over 50 years and has remained one of the most important foreign exchange earning sources for that country. Francophone West African films, which get showcased at FESPACO, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, which holds in the Burkinabe capital every two years has helped in improving the quality and global appeal of Francophone films. As a result, these countries’ film industries have contributed significantly to their respective economies. The United States of America is the best example of a perfect union between the film and the financial services industries. Do you know that the American movie industry is the second largest export revenue earner for that country, after the aviation industry? Thanks to Hollywood and its spin offs, the state of California, with a gross domestic product of $1.4 trillion, is the fifth largest economy in the world, richer than the combined wealth of all the 54 countries in Africa. Today, underscoring the industry’s contribution to the rest of American society, the current Governor of California is Arnold Shwarzzenegger, an actor (Shwarzzenegger, Govenor of Californoia at the time of presentation of this paper has already served his full tenure as helmsman of the state). Former President Ronald Reagan was also a Hollywood actor. These American examples show us what the Tanzanian movie industry can become in terms of stature and relevance in society.
Let me say that the need for partnership between Tanzanian government and the film industry are obvious. We all now know from the American experience that film is big business. As financial intermediaries in the economy, government has a key role to play in the development of the industry. Government are interested in helping to build successful businesses out of ideas and if the film industry should open itself up to the same evaluation and analysis that government subject all their borrowers to, government would really want to lend to them. With the support of the financial sector, the film industry will certainly rise to prominence.
Before I conclude I have some questions for TAFF (Tanzanian Film Federation). These are questions that government would like to have answers to before supporting the Tanzanian film industry:

• How much is the film industry worth today?

• How much does it cost to produce a good movie?

• What is the annual turnover of an average movie producer?

• Do firms in the movie industry have collateral to pledge for credit?

• Do companies in the film industry have audited accounts?

• Do companies in the film industry have formal structures?
(to be continued)

So far, our film industry lacks the structure to provide positive answers to my questions. I am therefore suggesting that the Tanzanian film industry become better organized, and start to maintain proper records and accounts, engage the services of auditors and have formal organisational structures. When this is done, government will find the industry more amenable for support. The government will also be able to:

• Learn about the dynamics of the film industry

• Know the people driving the film industry

• Easily provide credit in the form of loans to the industry

• Provide financial advisory services

• Serve the industry’s domestic and international money transfer need.

• Help midwife this booming sector of the economy which has great potentials for growth and foreign exchange denominated earnings.

One should also ask what the movie industry can do for the financial services industry and by extension, for the country.

Already, beyond being a ready-made pipeline for the discovery of young artistic talent, its potential for generating direct and indirect employment is well known.
(to be continued)

Story by SELLES Mapunda (BA) Works for Steps Entertainment (T0 ltd also a Managing Director/CEO of SELLES BUSINESS INC.2012.
KAMA ULIKOSA SEHEMU YA PILI YA MAKALA HII BOFYA KIUNGA HIKI
THE ECONOMICS OF TANZANIAN FILM, ART AND BUSINESS PART 1:

EUROPIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2012 YAENDELEA

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AIBU GANI HII JARIDA LA BABKUBWA?!

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SUALA HILI LIMEFANYWA NA WAHARIRI WA JARIDA LA BABKUBWA MWEZI WA NNE TOLEO MAALUMU LA MAREHEMU STEVEN KANUMBA...

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SHUKRANI NYINGI ZIWAFIKIE WADAU WETU WA KARIBU SANA TUNAOSHIRIKIANA NAO KUUENDELEZA UKURASA HUU KILA SIKU AKIWEMO KAKA RAMA MSANGI ,MPANGALA, HAULE, EMMANUEL, NA DADA TINA.

REJEA KIUNGO CHA MAKALA HII YA APRI 15 KWA KUMBUKUMBU ZAIDI

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