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Pumzi

“The outside is dead.”

2009 · 21 min
Directed by Wanuri Kahiu · Kenya · Women Directors
Sci-Fi

Cast

Kudzani Moyo Chantelle Burger Abigail Arunga

Plot

35 years after a third world war over water, a woman in an underground community discovers a seed that germinates, and decides to plant it.

Sinekatalog’s take

Wanuri Kahiu's short science-fiction film imagines a post-water-war Africa, where a woman in an underground community finds a seed that germinates. Stylish, spare and hopeful, it is a striking Afrofuturist fable about nature and resistance.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (396 votes)
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