Kibera Kid

Kibera Kid
Directed by Nathan Collett
Produced by Hot Sun Films
Screenplay by Nathan Collett
Starring Ignatius Juma, Geoffrey Twanga, Godfrey Ojiambo, Anthony Shikon’Golo
Music by Jermaine Stegall
Cinematography Collin Brink
Edited by Jesse Ellis
Release dates
 2006
Running time
 12'
Country Kenya

Kibera Kid is an award winning[1][2] short film set in the Kibera slums in Nairobi,[3] Kenya. It was written, directed and co-produced by Nathan Collett in collaboration with the locals of Kibera.[4]

This twelve minute film featured Kibera actors in the principal roles. It has played at film festivals worldwide including the Berlin Film Festival and it won a Student EMMY from Hollywood.[2] It has been profiled by the BBC,[4] Reuters[5] and Al Jazeera English.[6] In April 2009, a feature film follow up to Kibera Kid was shot. The full length film focuses on tribal conflict and the possibility of reconciliation. The film had a larger effect as it led to the formation of Hot Sun Foundation which trains the youth of the slums to make their own films.[3]

Plot

Kibera Kid is the story of Otieno, a 12 year old orphan from Kibera living with a gang of thieves who must make a choice between gang life and redemption. The story is fiction but the circumstances and reality depicted are not. Crime and poverty are common in Kibera, yet there are many who will stand for a better life no matter how bad things may seem.

The shooting of Kibera Kid in the Kianda area of Kibera.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ ukwelii (October 2009). "2009 October Ukwelii Blog". wordpress.com. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nathan Collett". Imdb.me. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fitzpatrick, Mary (2009), Lonely Planet East Africa (8 ed.), Lonely Planet, p. 32, ISBN 978-1-74104-769-1
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Oladipo, Tomi (2007-08-20). "Kenya's Kibera kid savours stardom". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ “” (2007-09-16). "Kenya slum becomes movie location - 16 Aug 07". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000310/2006
  8. ↑ "Hamptons Int’l Film Fest Announces Golden Starfish Awards". Film Fetish. 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  9. ↑ "Kenya; Slum Boy Shines in Award-Winning International Film". Africa News. August 4, 2007.
  10. ↑ "Angelus Student Film Festival 2006 Announces Winners". Signis World Catholic Association for Communication. 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  11. ↑ "College Television Award". USC School of Cinematic Arts. 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2010-06-30.

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