Nairobi Half Life

David Tosh Gitonga

Director David “Tosh” Gitonga at all screenings!

An aspiring actor moves from his home village to Nairobi to try to make it big, but finds himself drawn into a world of small time crooks and deceit in the smoky bustle of Kenya’s capital.

DIRECTOR
David Tosh Gitonga
YEAR
2012
COUNTRY
Kenya
RUNTIME
96 minutes
LANGUAGE
Swahili, Kikuyu, and English with English subtitles
START DATE
April 3, 2013

Director David “Tosh” Gitonga at all screenings!

Mwas is a young aspiring actor who moves from his home village to Nairobi to try to make it big. But as he moves towards his dream of taking center stage, he finds himself drawn into a world of small time crooks and deceit in the smoky bustle of Kenya’s capital.

Nairobi Half Life
Nairobi Half Life
Nairobi Half Life
Nairobi Half Life
Nairobi Half Life

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