Kibera_Kid
Kibera Kid
2006 Kenyan film
Kibera Kid is a short film set in the Kibera slums in Nairobi,[1] Kenya. It was written, directed and co-produced by Nathan Collett in collaboration with the locals of Kibera.[2]
This twelve-minute film featured Kibera actors in the principal roles. It has played at film festivals worldwide including the Berlin Film Festival and it won a Student EMMY from Hollywood.[3] It has been profiled by the BBC,[2] Reuters[4][citation needed] and Al Jazeera English.[5] In April 2009, a feature film follow up to Kibera Kid was shot. The full length film focuses on tribal conflict and the possibility of reconciliation. The film had a larger effect as it led to the formation of Hot Sun Foundation which trains the youth of the slums to make their own films.[1]