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Soul Boy is a film by Ghanian-Kenyan director Hawa Essuman , shot in the famous Nairobi slum Kibera. This film by German production company One Fine Day Films and Goethe-Institut revolves around Abila ( Samson Odhiambo ), a fourteen year old boy growing up and experiencing life’s lessons in this poor environment. Kibera is a place that has just experienced post-election violence and Abila has to navigate his way through this environment, while at the same time just trying to be a normal teenager. Abila wakes up on what seems like just another day to find that his father is bed-ridden with illness; his soul has been stolen he tells his teenage son. Troubled and worried as there is no one to run their kiosk, Abila sets off to find out how he can help his father. Through the help of his friend Ciku ( Leila Dayan Opou ) he goes to see a witch who gives him seven tasks to complete if he wants to see his father recover. The film then progresses from here with Abila having various enco...

SYNPOSIS Someone has stolen his soul, mumbles the father as he sits huddled in a corner. Abila is shocked and confused but wants to help his father and goes in search of a suitable cure.Supported by his friend Shiku who is the same age as him, he learns that his father has gambled his soul away in the company of a spiritual woman. The teenager doesn't want to believe it and sets about looking for the witch. When he finally discovers her in the darkest corner of the ghetto, she gives him seven challenging tasks to save his father's lost soul. Abila embarks on an adventurous journey which leads him right through the microcosm of his home town. Will be showing at Silverbird Prestige Plaza . for 2 weeks beginning March 4th @ 7pm.  Check Silverbird website for updates Previously: Soul Boy (Inside Look)

A film by Ghanaian-Kenyan Hawa Essuman Abila (14) lives in one of the most miserable slums in Africa. His girlfriend Shiku belongs to a different tribe, as the result of which he is not really allowed to fraternise with her. And then one drunken night his father gambled away his own soul. With support from Tom Tykwer, the Kenyan film maker Hawa Essuman turned it into a sparkling film. Read more here . Check out a review here

I would have preferred if the film wasn't biased to one party or the other(this appears pro-ODM).Either way it looks well shot and interesting, will update you on screenings if I spot any. From the making of the short film KIBERA KID in 2005 through the current filming of the feature film TOGETHERNESS SUPREME, the people of Kibera, especially the youth, have been at the center of the entire process. Kiberans have worked with Hot Sun Foundation on the feature film project (originally titled the KIBERA KID feature film project) for three years. People of Kibera want to share their stories with the world to show a new, realistic, entertaining picture of urban Africa in a feature film - an historic first in the cinematic world. Read more here . Check out the website here and here