Soul Boy

Soul Boy
Directed byHawa Essuman
Written byBilly Kahora
Produced byMarie Steinmann
Tom Tykwer
Siobhain "Ginger" Wilson
Guy Wilson
Verena Rahmig
Sarika Hemi Lakhani
StarringSamson Odhiambo
Leila Dayan Opou
Krysteen Savane
Frank Kimani
Joab Ogolla
Lucy Gachanja
Katherine Damaris
Kevin Onyango Omondi
Calvin Shikuku Odhiambo
Nordeen Abdulghani
CinematographyChristian Almesberger
Edited byNg´ethe Gitungo
Music byXaver von Treyer
Release dates
  • January 2010 (2010-01) (Göteborg)
  • March 4, 2010 (2010-03-04) (Kenya)
  • December 2, 2010 (2010-12-02) (Germany)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryKenya
LanguageSwahili

Soul Boy[1] is a 2010 Kenyan drama film, written by Billy Kahora and directed by Hawa Essuman. It developed under the mentorship of German director and producer Tom Tykwer in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the African continent, in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya. The film has received five nominations at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards.[2][3]

The film originated in a workshop for young film enthusiasts from Nairobi, guided by German director Tom Tykwer.

  1. ^ "Soul Boy | Movies | KenyaBuzz". www.kenyabuzz.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  2. ^ Soul Boy at IMDb
  3. ^ "AMAA Nominations 2011". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 12 March 2011.