| Pumzi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Wanuri Kahiu |
| Produced by | Simon Hansen Amira Quinlan Hannah Slezacek |
| Written by | Wanuri Kahiu |
| Starring | Chantelle Burger Kudzani Moswela |
| Music by | Siddhartha Barnhoorn |
| Cinematography | Grant Appleton |
| Editing by | Dean Leslie |
| Studio | Inspired Minority Pictures |
| Distributed by | Focus Features |
| Release date(s) | October 21, 2009 (Kenya Film Festival) |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Country | South Africa Kenya |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35,000 |
Pumzi is a Kenyan science fiction short film written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu. It was screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of its New African Cinema program.[1][2][3] The project was funded with grants from the Changamoto arts fund, as well as from the Goethe Institut and Focus Features' Africa First short film program which are also to distribute the work. Kaihu hopes to expand the short into a full-length feature.[2]
Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which water scarcity has extinguished life above ground, the short follows one scientist's quest to investigate the possibility of germinating seeds beyond the confines of her repressive subterranean Nairobi culture.[3]