The Ancestors

This film follows John Kitime a Tanzanian musician now in his 60s as he sets out on a mission to put together an allstar band from the old days to revive the classic sound of Zilipendwa music Along the way he meets the people who played key roles in the music scene of Tanzania during the struggle for independence and the nations formative years under the first president Julius K Nyerere As Kitime plays with the band spends time with musicians and digitizes reeltoreel tapes from the 1960s and 70s he reveals a fascinating and littleknown story about the power of music to bring together a people and a nation