À Nairobi, une domestique se fait arrêter par la police à cause de son nom. Elle tente d’instaurer un dialogue et d’en appeler au bon sens du policier.

Un film de Meena Nanji

Kenya, États-Unis / 2015 / Fiction / 09min 50s

avec Mumbi Kaigwa, Kennedy Luyali, Caroline Mboi.

Réalisation : Meena Nanji.
Scénario : Meena Nanji.
Son : Nathan Ruyle, Bob Brooks, Gerry Montejo.
Musique originale : Vivek Maddala.
Montage : Connor Hurley, Bob Brooks.
Producteur : Titus Maina, Odios Creations
Productrice : Meena Nanji

Interprétation : Mumbi Kaigwa, Kennedy Luyali, Caroline Mboi.

2016 | Festival de Clermont-Ferrand, France
* Sélection – Regards d’Afrique

2015 | Los Angeles Black Film Festival, USA
* Selection

2015 | Out of Africa International Film Festival, Nairobi, Kenya
* Screening on Sat Oct 31, between 10am-12pm, at the National Museum, Leakey Screening Room.
www.facebook.com/OutOfAfricaFilmFestival/

2015 | Best Shorts Film Festival
* Award of Merit
http://bestshorts.net

2015 | International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration, and Equality
2015, Indonesia
* International Award for Outstanding Excellence
http://internationalfilmfestivals.org/IFFPIE/winners.htm

2015 | Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
* Screening on Sept 29th 2015 at the Piccadilly Theater in London
http://calendar.raindancefestival.org/films/asha

In Nairobi, a housemaid is stopped by the police simply because she has « the wrong name ». She tries to appeal to the officer’s common sense.

In an era when violence is met increasingly by violence by State and non-State actors alike, and where ordinary civilians are most often the casualties, ASHA is the story of a woman who attempts to forge a path out of this cycle.

A film by Meena Nanji

Kenya, USA / 2015 / short narrative / 09min 50s


Format: HD
COMPLETION DATE: March 2015
TRT: 9.50min
EXHIBITION FORMATS: DCP/DIGITAL.MOV FILES
STEREO/COLOR

Direction / Réalisation : Meena Nanji.
Script / Scénario : Meena Nanji.
Sound / Son : Nathan Ruyle, Bob Brooks, Gerry Montejo.
Music / Musique originale : Vivek Maddala.
Editing Montage : Connor Hurley, Bob Brooks.
Producer / Producteur : Titus Maina, Odios Creations
Producer / Productrice : Meena Nanji


CAST / Interprétation :
Mumbi Kaigwa (Asha),
Kennedy Luyali,
Caroline Mboi.

A PRODUCTION BY ECESIS FILMS INC
IN COLLOBORATION WITH ODIOS PRODUCTIONS

PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: MEENA NANJI
PRODUCER: TITUS MAINA
PRODUCTION MANAGER: RONALD MACKIO
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER: CAROLINE MBOI

CAMERA: KING MURIUKI
CAMERA ASSISTANT: ANTONY MUTISO
B CAMERA OPERATOR: MOSES KABUURA
ADDITIONAL CAMERA: CHARLES KURIA
ADDITIONAL B-ROLL SOLOMON E. OKRUT
SOUND RECORDIST: BENSON WANGILA

COSTUME AND PROPS MANAGER: ZELLY KANYI

SET DECORATOR: NIKETA FAZAL

POST-PRODUCTION

EDITORS: CONNOR HURLEY/BOB BROOKS
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE: VIVEK MADDALA

SOUND DESIGNER: NATHAN RUYLE
ADDITIONAL SOUND DESIGN: BOB BROOKS

AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION SERVICES: THISISSOUND.COM
SOUND EDITOR/FOLEY ARTIST: GERRY MONTEJO
RE-RECORDING MIXERS: NATHAN RUYLE/AARON BARTSCHT

DIGITAL COLORIST : CORY BERENDZEN
VISUAL EFFECTS ARTIST: TUCKER CAPPS
ADDITIONAL EFFECTS: KING MURIUKI

CAST
ASHA: MŨMBI KAIGWA
POLICEMAN: KENNEDY LUYALI
ASHA’S NEIGHBOR: CAROLINE MBOI
POLICEMAN AS A BOY: CLIFF WAFULA

BOY’S FATHER: MUTUNGI KING’OO
BOY’S MOTHER: HELLEN SARAH NABWIRE

BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICER: ROSS FRANKS
HOME GUARD 1: COLLINS KOYO
HOME GUARD 2: BENSON WANGILA

RADIO NEWSCASTERS: OWISO ODERA/SARAH MIRZA

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE COURTESY OF PAWA INITIATIVE, KENYA

FUNDED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE SANTA MONICA CULTURAL DEPARTMENT