It’s Us
New York African Film Festival 2014
May 7 - 13, 2014
U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmaker Nick Reding on May 8.
The 2008 Kenyan political crisis is echoed in this story of a small community where what starts out as good-natured banter between friends takes a more serious turn when rumors arise and a sudden mistrust takes hold.
U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmaker Nick Reding on May 8.
Picture a typical Kenyan community: a harmonious muddle of tribes, intermarriages, and extended families; people living and working together all their days who don’t care which tribe their neighbor belongs to. What starts out as comic ribbing and good-natured banter between friends takes a more serious turn when politically motivated rumors arise and a sudden mistrust takes hold. With mistrust comes a sense of threat, and with threats, fear escalates, and in a matter of days, the bonds and alliances—the foundation of the community—are severed, just as they were in Kenya in 2008. Can a once-peaceful community learn from the mistakes of the past and be given another chance? Written and directed by Nick Reding, It’s Us was produced by the NGO-sponsored Arts for Education (S.A.F.E.) prior to Kenya’s elections to promote identity, peace, and unity by showing people confronting turmoil and violence. Can film change hearts and minds? Nick Reding and S.A.F.E. are making sure that happens.
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