Gitonga (2020)
Winner: Kisima Film Awards (2020), Best Documentary
Official Selection: Banff Film Festival (2020), Kendal Mountain Film Festival (2020), Out of Africa International Film Festival (2020)
Gitonga premiered to 1.4 million people in Kenya and received critical and public acclaim. It was described as ‘life-enhancing’ by UK film critic Neil Norman, ‘a film full of optimism that needs to be seen’ by Baz Bamigboye (Daily Mail), and was praised for its “warmth and emotional openness” by Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian).
Within Kenya, the Daily Nation described it as ‘a heartwarming tale that reads like a novel’ and the Kenya Film Commission exclaimed that ‘every second of the film oozes inspiration’.
Watch the full film and read critic and audience reviews at www.gitonga.org