Softie: Live Q&A
Monday 21 September 2020, 8:30pm
Online

Join Take One Action’s Tanatsei Gambura live at 20:30 on Monday, 21st September in conversation with the film’s director, Sam Soko, alongside protagonists Njeri Mwangi and Khadija Mohamed as we explore the complexities of activism in Kenya and the position of women’s voices in freedom struggles.

Softie
Sam Soko | 2020
Kenya | 96 min | 15+ years | English, Kikuyu, Kiswahili with English subtitles | Closed CaptionsSubtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF20

A story of courage and conviction that captures the journey of a charismatic young political activist in Kenya.

Oil and Water
Anjali Nayar | 2020
Canada | 14 min | 12+ years | Closed CaptionsSubtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF20

In a drought-prone, oil-rich area in Northern Kenya, a community’s ancestral land has been taken for oil extraction. When the women in the community — who traditionally have no say in things related to land — realise that the promise of jobs, money and reliable irrigation will never materialise, they rally together to protect their future and fight greed, patriarchy and corrupt politics.

This film is part of the programme ‘The Land Beneath Their Feet’.

Box Girl
Evan Pretzer | 2015
Kenya, United States | 9 min | 8+ years | English with English subtitles | Subtitles

Sonko boxed her way from the Kariobangi slum in Nairobi all the way to the Kenyan national women’s team. Now she is training the next generation of female boxers, giving them confidence and leadership along the way.

Good Fortune
Landon Van Soest | 2004
United States | 73 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles | Subtitles

An intimate portrait of two Kenyans shows how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit.

Stories Of Our Lives
Jim Chuchu | 2014
Kenya, South Africa | 60 min | 15+ years | English, Swahili with English subtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF15

A beautiful collection of black and white short films exploring the challenges facing LGBT men and women in many parts of Africa.