Flora M'mbugu-Schelling

Flora M'mbugu-Schelling is a Tanzanian documentary filmmaker, best known for her film These Hands.

Life
Born in Tanzania, M'mbugu-Schelling studied at the Tanzanian School of Journalism before doing further study in Germany and France. Her debut film, Kumekucha (1987), won a gold medal at the New York International Film Festival. These Hands documents the work of Mozambican refugee women, working breaking rocks in a quarry in Tanzania.

Filmography

 * Kumekucha [From Sun Up], 1987
 * These Hands, 1992
 * Shida and Matatizo, 1993