The Wall Street Boy (2023)

Original title

Kipkemboi

Directed by

Charles Uwagbai

Genre

drama

Country

Kenya, Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young math genius from rural Kenya loses his chance to study at MIT after his father dies. He creates a computer algorithm to play the stock market and lift up his family and community.

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What happens

The Wall Street Boy (Kalenjin: Kipkemboi) is a Kenyan-Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Charles Uwagbai and released in 2023. The film stars Thamela Mpumlwana as Kipkemboi, a young mathematical genius from rural Kenya who is forced to give up a scholarship to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to stay with his family after his father dies, and then develops a computer algorithm that allows him to play the stock market and enrich his family and community. The cast also includes Elsie Abang, Vinessa Antoine, Millicent Boella, Kevin Hanchard, David Cubitt, Elijah Morrison and Idrissa Sanogo in supporting roles. The film premiered at the Africa International Film Festival in November 2023, before going into wider commercial release in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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