Flora M'mbugu-Schelling Explained

Flora M'mbugu-Schelling is a Tanzanian documentary filmmaker, best known for her film These Hands.^{[1] [2]}

Life

Born in Tanzania, M'mbugu-Schelling studied at the Tanzanian School of Journalism before doing further study in Germany and France. Her debut film, Kumekucha (1987), won a gold medal at the New York International Film Festival.^[3] These Hands documents the work of Mozambican refugee women, working breaking rocks in a quarry in Tanzania.^[2]

Filmography

• Kumekucha [''From Sun Up''], 1987
• These Hands, 1992
• Shida and Matatizo, 1993

Notes and References

1. Bisschoff, L. (2014) Women's stories and struggles in "These Hands" (Flora M'mbugu-Schelling). In: Bisschoff, L. and Murphy, D. (eds.) Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema. Legenda: Oxford.
2. Claire Robertson, Film Reviews, The American Historical Review, Vol. 101, Issue 4, October 1996, pp.1142-3.
3. https://www.africanfilmny.org/2013/flora-m%E2%80%99bugu-schelling/ Flora M'mbugu-Schelling