TUNAHAKI

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 83 min
  • Premiere: 2010. March 9.

Tunahaki is the extraordinary story of nine gifted orphans who are acrobats. We follow their journey as an American volunteer takes them from Africa to study with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. They end up touring the States and raising hundreds of thousands of dollars, more than enough to build a permanent home. But how have the kids' experiences in America affected them? And how will it change things back home in Tanzania? Tunahaki's heartfelt journey gives us something new to ponder as we reach across the world to help those less fortunate—is it always the right thing to do?

Discover

Abdul Hamza

himself

Scott Fifer

himself

David Rytula

himself

Anna Hamza

herself

Camera

Evan Grant

Director of Photography

David Fairbanks

Camera Operator

Mason Bendewald

Still Photographer

Crew

Sarah Mirza

Translator

Teddy Kalonga

Translator

Cody Haight

Translator

Bernie M. Resnick

Legal Services

Dunga John

Driver

Directing

Editing

Jacob Tillman

Assistant Editor

Production

Natalie Pausch

Producer

Keith Mishkin

Co-Producer

Judi Bendewald

Co-Producer

Amie Williams

Production Coordinator

Matt Killion

Co-Producer

John Oropallo

Production Assistant

Sound

Jim Papoulis

Original Music Composer

Geoff Green

Sound Editor

Writing

Camera

Evan Grant

Director of Photography

David Fairbanks

Camera Operator

Mason Bendewald

Still Photographer

Crew

Sarah Mirza

Translator

Teddy Kalonga

Translator

Cody Haight

Translator

Bernie M. Resnick

Legal Services

Dunga John

Driver

Directing

Editing

Jacob Tillman

Assistant Editor

Production

Natalie Pausch

Producer

Keith Mishkin

Co-Producer

Judi Bendewald

Co-Producer

Amie Williams

Production Coordinator

Matt Killion

Co-Producer

John Oropallo

Production Assistant

Sound

Jim Papoulis

Original Music Composer

Geoff Green

Sound Editor

Writing