Friday 26 / 11.25 / 19.00
Dir.Wanuri Kahui, Kenya, 100 min, English/Kiswahili, English text
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.
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, 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 on the US Embassy in Nairobi in 1998.
