Pumzi, Kenya’s first science fiction film, imagines a dystopian future 35 years after water wars have torn the world apart.

Pumzi, Kenya’s first science fiction film, imagines a dystopian future 35 years after water wars have torn the world apart. East African survivors of the ecological devastation remain locked away in contained communities, but a young woman in possession of a germinating seed struggles against the governing council to bring the plant to Earth’s ruined surface.

“….started off as a small script about what kind of world we would have to be if we had to buy fresh air,” – Wanuri Kahiu

21 minutes

2009

Starring: Kudzani Moswela, Chantelle Burger

Director: Wanuri Kahiu

Writer: Wanuri Kahiu

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