Pumzi, Kenya’s first sci-fi film, was written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu.
Pumzi, which means breathe in Swahili is a 20-minute short film that is set in futuristic Africa where there is no water and everyone lives locked away in contained communities. It tells the story of Asha, a young botanist who risks everything as she escapes to the outside world in order to nurture a plant 35 years after World War III.
The film was funded by Focus Features’ Africa First short film program, the Goethe Institut and the Changamoto arts fund.
Watch it below