Tug of War
2024, Swahili. Directed by Amil Shivji.
A coming-of-age political love story set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar. Denge, a young freedom fighter meets Yasmin, an Indian-Zanzibari woman in the middle of the night as she is on her way to be married. Passion and revolution escalate.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Swahili
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- Released
- 18 April 2024
- Original title
- Vuta N'Kuvute
- Country
- Germany, Qatar, South Africa, Tanzania
- Written by
- Jenna Cato Bass, Amil Shivji, Simon Rieber
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Tug of War runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Tug of War isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 April 2024. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Tug of War?
If you liked Tug of War, try Not Easily Broken, The Lost Husband, Nine Lives.
Who directed Tug of War?
Tug of War (2024) was directed by Amil Shivji and stars Gudrun Columbus Mwanyika, Ikhlas Gafur Vora, Siti Amina.