Watu Wote

Watu Wote: All of Us, or simply Watu Wote is a 2017 Kenyan-German, live-action short film directed by Katja Benrath, as her graduation project at Hamburg Media School and is based on the December 2015 Mandera bus attack on a bus by militant group Al-Shabaab in Kenya riding Christians and Muslims.[1] The film received critical acclaim and was winner at Student Academy Award,[2][3] and received an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.[4]

Watu Wote
Directed byKatja Benrath
Produced byTobias Rosen
Written byJulia Drache
Music byFlorian Hirschmann
Elisabeth Kaplan
CinematographyFelix Striegel
Edited byJulia Drache
Production
company
Hamburg Media School
Running time
22 minutes
CountryGermany
Kenya
LanguageSwahili
Somali

Plot

Jua, a Christian living in Kenya, boards a chartered bus to visit a relative and is uncomfortable being surrounded by Muslim passengers. The bus is stopped by the violent terrorist group Al-Shabaab, whose members demand that the Muslims identify the Christian passengers.[5][6]

Cast
  • Barkhad Abdirahman as Abdirashid Adan
  • Faysal Ahmed as Hassan Yaqub Ali (Al-Shabaab Leader)
  • Mahad Ahmed as Passenger
  • Abdiwali Farrah as Salah Farah
  • Charles Karumi as Issa Osman
  • Alex Khayo as GSU officer
  • Gerald Langiri as GSU officer
  • Justin Mirichii as James Ouma
  • Saada Mohammed as Astuhr
  • Douglas Muigai as GSU officer
  • Adelyne Wairimu as Jua

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10.[7]

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Dahir, Abdi Latif. "This Oscar-nominated film shows how terrorists put Kenya's religious harmony to test". Quartz. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. "2017 Student Academy Awards finalist". Academy. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  3. "2017 Student Academy Award winners". 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  4. "Kenyan film 'Watu Wote' nominated for an Oscar Award". The Star, Kenya. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  5. "Watu Wote: All of Us". oscar.go.com. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  6. "Kenyan short film on Mandera bus attack nominated for Oscar Awards - Nairobi News". Nairobi News. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  7. "Watu Wote (All of Us) (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.