Taharuki

Kenya and the US have teamed up to produce a fascinating short film named Taharuki aka Suspense. Taharuki is a 12 minute Kiswahili film set in the post-election violence of Kenya 2008. It is a fictional account of a man and a woman from different tribes working for an underground movement seeking to expose a child trafficking cartel.

The interesting thing about this film is that though set in Kenya it was entirely shot in Brooklyn, New York. Due to the very tight budget everyone volunteered their labour free of

charge. The location,a nursery, was donated for 24 hours.

The movie was written, directed and produced by Musangi-Omari and Co-produced Kia Barbee. The three roles in the movie are played by US-based Kenyan actors.