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These Hands

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Producing House

A day in the life of Mozambican women refugees working in a quarry outside Dar es Salaam.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1993-09-12

Runtime: 46 mins

Director: Flora M'mbugu-Schelling

Writer: Flora M'mbugu-Schelling

Spoken language: Kiswahili

Genres: Documentary

Original title: These Hands

Production Companies: The Royal Danish Embassy, The Royal Embassy of the Netherlands

Production Countries: Tanzania

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