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From a Whisper is a Kenya
n drama
film written and directed by African Movie Academy Award
winner Wanuri Kahiu
. The film received 12 nominations and won 5 awards at the African Movie Academy Awards
in 2009, including Best Picture, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and AMAA Achievement in Editing.
The film also won the Best Feature Narrative award at the 2010 Pan African Film & Arts Festival
, and was honored with the 2010 BAFTA/LA Festival Choice Prize.
Even though the film commemorates the 10th anniversary of the August 7th terrorist bombing in Kenya in 1998
, the film is not about the terrorist bombing. The movie portrays a realistic story of the bombing aftermath by capturing the lives of the victims and their families who had to pick up the pieces of their lives shredded by the blast.
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
film written and directed by African Movie Academy Award
African Movie Academy Award
The African Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA Awards, are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the African film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well...
winner Wanuri Kahiu
Wanuri Kahiu
Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director. She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed, including the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009.-Career:...
. The film received 12 nominations and won 5 awards at the African Movie Academy Awards
5th African Movie Academy Awards
The 5th African Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 2009 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2008. It was broadcast live on Nigerian national television. African Movie Academy Award winner Kate Henshaw-Nuttal and...
in 2009, including Best Picture, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and AMAA Achievement in Editing.
The film also won the Best Feature Narrative award at the 2010 Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Pan-African Film Festival
Established in 1992, The Pan African Film Festival is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of cultural and racial tolerance and understanding through the exhibition of film, art and creative expression....
, and was honored with the 2010 BAFTA/LA Festival Choice Prize.
Even though the film commemorates the 10th anniversary of the August 7th terrorist bombing in Kenya in 1998
1998 United States embassy bombings
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capitals of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The date of the...
, the film is not about the terrorist bombing. The movie portrays a realistic story of the bombing aftermath by capturing the lives of the victims and their families who had to pick up the pieces of their lives shredded by the blast.