TAMBUTI FILMS is a young independent production company that is dedicated to the art of investigative documentaries.

It takes its name from the Tambuti tree, which provides shade from the hot African Sun. It is under the branches of this tree that people gather from surrounding villages and hold an Ndaba - a meeting where they collectively share news, ideas and find solutions to pressing problems.

Started in 2001, TAMBUTI FILMS operates on the principle that there is more to events than headlines. It seeks to go under the surface and to find the real story, concentrating on those who never have a voice…the Bushmen, the disabled, the Agent Orange victims, AIDS sufferers, Kurdish refugees, repressed religious adherents.

Taking a fully objective stance, TAMBUTI FILMS productions show a comprehensive view of the injustices imposed by the greater powers on the silent and dispossessed.

Films made by TAMBUTI FILMS have raised awareness of little known issues by been broadcast, screened at educational institutions, viewed by interested parties and used at fundraising events.

BATTLE’S POISON CLOUD (play trailer)
53 min award winning documentary on the aftermath of Agent Orange poisoning in Vietnam today. (awards)

MY FATHER’S FATHER’S LAND
15 min documentary on the eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (60 min version in post production)

TEARS ON THE JEWEL
12 min documentary on Botswana’s AIDS and Diamond controversy

THE UNIVERSAL FORCE
12 min documentary on Caodaism Vietnam’s unique suppressed universal religion

ESCAPE FROM IRAQ
20 min journey of Kurdish return to Iraq from Turkish Refugee camps during first Iraq war

PURSUIT OF PERFECTION (in production)
A parallel story of the two turn of the centuries and the ideals of scientists from both eras to create the perfect human being