‘From The Foothills of Kilimanjaro’ depicts the Indian Diaspora in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda through generations; their contribution to the economy; the struggle they had to face in the process of settling down; their religious, marital as well as social ties and their interaction with the local communities. Indians dominate the business and manufacturing in these countries but they have not given up their cultural roots. The film confronts head on the accusation of exploitation and segregation from the ethnic population that has dogged Indians over the last 40 years. The film takes one through the lives of few prominent Indian families, their involvement with the business, religion and other social activities of the regions inhabited by them, besides locating them in the historical process of migration, conflict and assimilation
