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Showing posts with label KENYAN FILMS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KENYAN FILMS. Show all posts

Friday, February 21, 2014

ASATIRA, the goddess of peace Kenya's 1st Sci-Fi Film in the running for the Sony Production Awards

Kenyan sci-fi sounds far fetched but wait till you watch this trailer and you will know Kenyan production is headed to greater heights.


Here is the backstory of the 1st Kenyan Sci-fi film;

#Asatira, the goddess of peace "ASATIRA (The goddess of Peace) is a story of a heroine called Asatira who at the age of seven survives the jaws of death during the 1992 Kenya’s post-election clashes in the Rift Valley where she witnessed the death of her family in the hands of bandits hired to kill her family. They are given poison and Asatira survives only to mutate and gets super human abilities. As she grows up she realizes her abilities and through this she uses the powers to get to find her family’s killers and help protect the oppressed that undergo the same events she went through. The story gets better when she comes and learns that the killings occur after every election and the people behind the killings are top government officials running a secret cult used to gain power by oppressing the normal Kenyan citizen. Asatira’s quest begins during the 2007 post-election violence after Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki is sworn in and Kenya goes into a blood bath of war between ethnic communities. With her powers, flying around Kenya, she comes across many hurdles and fights her way through to the top with the help of her joined forces of other super heroes with the same goal. Her main quest is to make sure that Kenya does not elect a bad leader and does not go through the same ordeal during the 2013 elections. Asatira in the end becomes the leader that Kenya needed." Film Trailer

Friday, August 31, 2012

NAIROBI HALF LIFE Review

It goes without saying that this movie has caught the attention of Kenyans in a massive way. Its been shot, written and distributed by Kenyan's and this gives it a sense of authenticity as the Kenyan Film Industry grows a bit with each new release.


The Plot

Set in Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, Nairobi Half Life centres on Mwas who is a young man from upcountry who has travelled to the City to pursue a career in acting. His first encounter in the city is with thieves where he gets robbed of all his belongings and he gets a taste of the dread police station cells where he meets his 'mentor' Oti who takes him in and shows him how to survive in the city mostly through crime.



As the story develops Mwas gets to land a job as an actor and he tries to juggle his life in crime (reminiscent of John Kiriamiti's book and soon to be made movie) and his acting career.

Conclusion

The movie clearly identifies with Kenyan life especially the day to day struggles of your average Kenya a.k.a mwananchi (loosely translated means child of the nation/country)and its use of Kenyan slang known as sheng helps bring the movie closer to home.Such elements will make it a hit in Kenya where local films find it hard to thrive but in Nairobi Half Life there is hope of breaking this cycle of defeat.

The movie is premièred on 30th August 2012 at the WestGate cinema which was an invite only event. From Friday Aug 31 to September 6, the film will be screened twice daily and tickets cost Sh.450