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Nairobi half life / One Fine Day Films presents ; in coproduction with Ginger Ink Films ; in association with DW Akademie ; director, Tosh Gitonga ; producers, Sarika Hemi Lakhani, Tom Tykwer, Siobhain "Ginger" Wilson.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Kikuyu
- Multiple languages
- Swahili
- Subjects (All):
- Actors--Kenya--Nairobi--Drama.
- Actors.
- Nairobi (Kenya)--Drama.
- Nairobi (Kenya).
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Juno Films, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In Swahili and Kikuyu with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big 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. Drawn into a new world of theft and violence, he still tries to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Keeping the two worlds separate proves to be a contest for him as he struggles to survive in this unknown world called Nairobi.
- Participant:
- Joseph Wairimu, Olwenya Maina, Nancy Wanjiku Karanja.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 28, 2019).
- Won 2013 Nashville Film Festival, New Directors Competition
- Won 2012 AFI Fest Audience Award, Breakthrough
- Won 2013 Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur, Golden Alhambra
- Won 2012 Durban International Film Festival, Best Actor
- Won 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, Best Cinematographer
- OCLC:
- 1096473543
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