The Fellowship of Reconciliation is proud to offer a screening on August 7 of the US-Tanzanian film Maangamizi – The Ancient One by Ron Mulvihill and Martin Mhando. Filmed in Tanzania with Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs) as executive producer and Leonard Kurz as co-producer, Maangamizi is the powerful story of three women – an African-American physician, her Tanzanian patient, and the mysterious ancestor who guides them on a deeply spiritual, psychologically fraught journey toward self-knowledge.

Maangamizi, which is Swahili for "destroyer," seeks to reclaim the connection between Africa and her Diaspora and presents a compelling vision of a single mankind. It dares to represent the histories of two continents as it peels away layers of pain and ultimately brings healing of the soul. "It is more than a movie," said author Alice Walker of the film. "It is a look at how we've been torn at our roots; severed from nourishment at the source ... Those of us who can remember and honor who we have been over eons of time, will be able to inspire the whole world to greater heights of compassion."

Produced by Gris-Gris Films and Forest Creatures Entertainment, Maangamizi features an international cast and crew. It's highly evocative score is by Grammy award-winning composer Cyril Neville. For more information on the film go to http://www.grisgrisfilms.com/maangamiziTAO.htm

Maangamizi will be shown at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, August 7 at Thorne Auditorium, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. A reception will follow.