The film was co directed by Ron and Nangayoma Ng'oge. The film centers around the art and science of healing through traditional medicine and is set in contemporary Tanzania. Additionally it does not use the misleading term 'witchdoctor'. He practiced traditional medicine in the Karogwe region of Tanzania.
Traditional medicine is a holistic treatment that seeks to heal the body, mind and soul.
Unless all three of these aspects are treated, healing cannot take place. The film treatment is in the mode of documentary. The performances are incredibly unaffected. I arrived in Kenya on the day that Kenyatta died. The University was excited to be instituting its African literature program and even though I was a Science major at Irvine, I was so excited about the new program, I told the University that I was a Literature major and that Irvine had made a mistake on my transcripts.