Kibera Kid Explained
| Kibera Kid |
| Director: | Nathan Collett |
| Producer: | Hot Sun Films |
| Starring: | Ignatius Juma, Geoffrey Twanga, Godfrey Ojiambo, Anthony Shikon’Golo |
| Runtime: | 12' |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Screenplay: | Nathan Collett |
| Cinematography: | Collin Brink |
| Editing: | Jesse Ellis |
| Music: | Jermaine Stegall |
Kibera Kid is a short film set in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya. It was written, directed and co-produced by Nathan Collett in collaboration with the locals of Kibera.[1]
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,[1] Reuters[3] and Al Jazeera English.[4] 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.
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.
Awards
- 2006 Hamptons International Film Festival winner of Best Student Film[5] [6]
- 2006 Kenya International Film Festival winner of Best short film[7]
- 2006 Angelus Film Festival winner of Director's Choice[8]
- 2007 Student Emmys winner of Best Children's program[9]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Oladipo . Tomi . Kenya's Kibera kid savours stardom . BBC News . 2007-08-20 . 2010-06-30.
- Web site: Nathan Collett . Imdb.me . 2010-06-30.
- https://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=65927
- Web site: Kenya slum becomes movie location - 16 Aug 07 . YouTube . 2007-09-16 . 2010-06-30.
- Web site: Hamptons International Film Festival (2006). IMDb. 2018-09-20.
- Web site: Hamptons Int'l Film Fest Announces Golden Starfish Awards . Film Fetish . 2006-10-23 . 2010-06-30.
- News: Africa News. August 4, 2007. Kenya; Slum Boy Shines in Award-Winning International Film.
- Web site: Angelus Student Film Festival 2006 Announces Winners . Signis World Catholic Association for Communication . 2006-10-21 . 2010-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724065045/http://www.signis.net/article.php3?id_article=868 . 2011-07-24 . dead .
- Web site: College Television Award . USC School of Cinematic Arts . 2007-04-03 . 2010-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616172244/http://cinema.usc.edu/about/announcements/announcement_2007040319730.htm . 2010-06-16 .
