Dreams come true for Bongo film bintis
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- 28 Jan 2022
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It is a big deal to have any production on Netflix, and Binti has put Tanzania on the global filmmaking map for all the right reasons. The film started streaming on January 7. This came hot on the heels of Ugandan production Girl in a Yellow Jumper.
Binti, a Swahili drama film directed by Seko Shamte and co-produced by Black Unicorn Studios co-owners Alinda and Angela Ruhinda had been achieving milestones since it first showed as the opening film at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in 2021.
It went on to premier at the Jozi Film Festival in South Africa and the Pan-African Film Festival in Ouagadougou in March 8, 202, and eventually made it globally through one of the world’s largest film sales network.
Background
But who are the people behind Black Unicorn Studios?
The EastAfrican tracked down the two sisters Alinda and Angela Ruhinda who birthed the production house, and in a short time have given us Binti.
There is a thriving filmmaking sector in Tanzania, making productions to serve the national market, but it is every filmmaker’s dream to go international. And this was the Ruhinda sisters’ dream.
Alinda, the older Ruhinda is a theatre and film producer with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with a concentration in Advertising from the Temple University in Philadelphia, US. She spent most of her childhood in Sweden, Canada, China and Kenya where she finished her high school in Nairobi.
She is the executive producer of all Black Unicorn Studios production where she moulds the storytelling, plans the budgets, make marketing choices and deals with intricate details such as contracts and costume choices.
The younger Ruhinda sister, Angela, was born in Canada and raised in China and Tanzania. She attended boarding school in Kenya and following in her sister’s footsteps, she Fine Art and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in the same with a major in Philosophy and minor in Literature and Film Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, England. Read More…
