From a Whisper (2008)
- Directed by
- Wanuri Kahiu
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Kenya
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film follows two people connected to a 1998 bombing in Kenya. One is a woman grieving her friend who died in the attack. The other is a man questioning his role in the tragedy. It shows how they cope with loss and try to move forward.
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What happens
From a Whisper is a Kenyan drama film written and directed by Africa Movie Academy Award winner Wanuri Kahiu. The film received 12 nominations and won 5 awards at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009, including Best Picture, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and AMAA Achievement in Editing. The film also won the Best Feature Narrative award at the 2010 Pan African Film & Arts Festival, and was honored with the 2010 BAFTA/LA Festival Choice Prize. Although the film commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 7 August terrorist bombing in Kenya in 1998, it is not about the terrorist bombing. The movie portrays a realistic story of the aftermath of the bombing by capturing the lives of the victims and their families who had to pick up the pieces of their lives shredded by the blast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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