The film shows the life of a Muslim Zanzibari girl, who from childhood dreams of becoming a model.

Glamour

Sophia battles with her conservative mother who sacrificed all for her daughter. Sophia is lucky enough to find opportunities with celebrated Tanzanian fashion designer, Mustafa Hassanali and famous Zanzibari photographer, Javed Jafferji.

Once successful, Sophia’s ego allows her to neglect and mistreat those who helped her to the top, and soon she is forced to desperate levels to stay on top. Showing the gritty realities behind the glamorous modelling industry.

ZG FILMS PRESENTS ZANZIBAR’S FIRST HIGH QUALITY BONGO MOVIE
As a sister company of ZG-Designs that has a large base for marketing in Tanzania, ZG Films presents Zanzibar’s first high quality Bongo Movie, Glamour produced by Javed Jafferji and Directed by Amitabh Aurora which tells the story of young Zanzibari girl who dreams of becoming a model and her trials and tribulations as she leaves her conservative Muslim home to peruse her glamorous new career in the big city, Dar es salaam.

Staring one of Tanzania’s top models, Eva Issac, and celebrated Tanzania couturier, Mustafa Hassanali, this is the film that will undoubtedly appeal to the masses in a country filled with beauty pageants and where becoming a model is a dream of many – both male and female.

Glamour, a Swahili Bongo Film with English subtitles.

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