Projekte
Soul Boy
Nairobi, Kenia. Der 14-jährige Abila lebt mit seinen Eltern in Kibera, einem der größten Slums Ostafrikas. An einem ganz gewöhnlichen Morgen findet der Junge seinen Vater krank und wie von Sinnen vor. Man habe ihm seine Seele geraubt, stammelt der Vater zusammengekauert in einer Ecke.
Abila, verwirrt und schockiert, will ihm helfen und begibt sich auf die Suche nach einer möglichen Heilung. Unterstützt von seiner gleichaltrigen Freundin Shiku findet er heraus, dass der Vater seine Seele bei einer Geisterfrau verspielt hat. So recht will der Junge daran nicht glauben, und macht sich auf die Suche nach der Hexe. Als er diese schließlich in den dunkelsten Winkeln des Ghettos aufspürt, stellt sie ihm sieben herausfordernde Aufgaben, um die verlorene Seele seines Vaters zu retten. Abila begibt sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise quer durch durch den Mikrokosmos seiner Heimatstadt...
Nairobi Half Life
A young aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the bis city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi: the city of opportunity.
He quickly understands why Nairobi is nicknamed Nairobbery as he is robbed of all his money and belongings and left alone in a city where he doesn't know a soul. Luck, or the lack of it, brings him face to face with two groups of downtown crooks and he forms a friendship with a young small time gang leader who takes him in.
He is quickly drawn into a new world of theft and violence, even as he still tries tp pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Keeping the two worlds seperate proves to be a contest for him as he struggles to survive in this unknown world called Nairobi.
Something Necessary (AT)
SOMETHING NECESSARY is an intimate moment in the life of Anne, a woman struggeling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya after the 2007 elections claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her home on an isolated farm in the Kenyan countryside in ruins. Once a nurse, with a solid career and loving family, she now has nothing but her resolve to rebuild her life left. Joseph, a troubles young gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption.
Both he and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on - but will either of them find it?