From A Whisper
| [English and Swahili]| | 2008| | 70 mins| | Narrative Feature |
Directed by: Wanuri Kahiu
Kenya
Atlanta Premier
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Date & Time: |
Friday, March 26th 2010, 7.30pm |
| Venue: | Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 |
Synopsis
Abu (Ken Ambani) is a quiet and hardworking intelligence officer who keeps to himself. When he meets Tamani (Corrine Onyango), a young, rebellious artist in search of her mother, he decides to help her. Unknowingly, Tamani churns up memories of Fareed (Abubakar Mwenda), Abu’s best friend who also lost his life in the US Embassy bomb blast 10 years ago. The discovery about the death of Tamani’s mother’s death, forces everyone involved to learn how to forgive, deal with their own faith and confront what they fear the most – The truth.
From A Whisper, features a soundtrack by Eric Wainaina. The film is based on the real events surrounding the August 7 bombings of the US embassy in Nairobi, Kenya in 1998.
Professor of History and Africana Studies and Director of the Women’s Global Leadership Center at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
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