Soul Boy (2010)
1h 1m
Running Time
March 4, 2010Release Date
Plot.
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 fraternize with her. And then one drunken night his father gambles away his own soul.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Samson Odhiambo
Abila
Leila Dayan Opou
Shiku
Krysteen Savane
Nyawawa
Frank Kimani
Macharia
Joab Ogolla
Abi's Father
Lucy Gachanja
Abi's Mother
Guy Wilson
Producer
Katherine Damaris
Aunt Susan
Verena Rahmig
Producer
Hawa Essuman
Director
Siobhain “Ginger” Wilson
Producer
Tom Tykwer
Director
Billy Kahora
Writer
Sarika Hemi Lakhani
Producer
Marie Steinmann
Producer
Naima Mungai
Production Design
Xaver Naudascher
Composer
Big Willie Kiumi
Sound mixer
Christian Almesberger
Cinematographer
Xaver von Treyer
Music
Ng'ehte Gitungo
Editor
Bee Gilbert
CastingDirector
Tony Rimwah
First Assistant Editor
Anna Nygh
CastingDirector
Tony Rimwah
Assistant Director
Tony Rimwah
Assistant Director
Tony Rimwah
Assistant Director
Tony Rimwah
Assistant Director
Media.
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Soul Boy is a 2010 Kenyan drama film, written by Billy Kahora and directed by Hawa Essuman. It developed under the mentorship of German director and producer Tom Tykwer in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the African continent, in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya. The film has received five nominations at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards.The film originated in a workshop for young film enthusiasts from Nairobi, guided by German director Tom Tykwer.