Maybe it was the fear of that which I know so well, the life in the inner city of Nairobi (home of the realest ghettoes in the world, if you ask me)
Either way, I'd been very scared to watch this movie. However I'm glad that I finally got the guts to watch it. With my good friends, we watched the movie from beginning to the end, laughing, frowning, crying, wincing, stopping back in shock- as we were taken through the tumultous life of a hustling young man in Nairobi.
Quick summary.. Mwas (short for Mwangi) just moved from the village to nairobi city, seeking to pursue his dreams. From the very first moment he comes to terms with the fact that Nairobi isn't the city of dreams as he'd been led to believe.
We watch the young man's struggle, from the meager paying lawful job to the harsh life of a criminal, the corrupt police we from Nairobi know too well, the life of shades of grey that most Nairobians know rather than clear black and white lines that few know well to stick to.
The movie was better than I thought it'd be, and ended with a most important question that is still ringing in my mind even at this moment..
Will you look, or will you choose to look away?
Either way, I'd been very scared to watch this movie. However I'm glad that I finally got the guts to watch it. With my good friends, we watched the movie from beginning to the end, laughing, frowning, crying, wincing, stopping back in shock- as we were taken through the tumultous life of a hustling young man in Nairobi.
Quick summary.. Mwas (short for Mwangi) just moved from the village to nairobi city, seeking to pursue his dreams. From the very first moment he comes to terms with the fact that Nairobi isn't the city of dreams as he'd been led to believe.
We watch the young man's struggle, from the meager paying lawful job to the harsh life of a criminal, the corrupt police we from Nairobi know too well, the life of shades of grey that most Nairobians know rather than clear black and white lines that few know well to stick to.
The movie was better than I thought it'd be, and ended with a most important question that is still ringing in my mind even at this moment..
Will you look, or will you choose to look away?