Nairobi Half Life

[mwanamwiwa]

We can't blame the politicians after all we vote for them every election.

[Adm.Adama]

Originally Posted by donddon

May be if we tell the politicians that this is another way for them to "eat" something will be done pronto. They need some retirement money.

This must come from the people, the industry and government

[Adm.Adama]

Kenya's best-selling book "My Life in Crime" will be made into a movie that will finally propel our country on the international stage.

One of Kenya’s most read novels, My Life in Crime, is being made into a blockbuster movie.

The book by swashbuckling author John Kiriamiti will be leading several other Kenyan novels in storming the big screen, thanks to deals that will see some of the most popular local works adapted into films.

“We’ve obtained the filming rights to three of Kiriamiti’s books — My Life in Crime, My Life with a Criminal and My Life in Prison — to make them into one comprehensive movie,” says Neil Schell, one of the people behind the project to adapt Kiriamiti’s fiction.

This may well be the proper beginning of the Kenyan cinema.

Attempts to copy the commercially successful but aesthetically wary Nigerian Nollywood model have not been successful. (We can't copy Nollywood because it works best for Nigeria, We need to develop our own comprehensive movie industry)


The movie is a redemption tale that will surely pack the theatres in most of Africa. Loosely based on the popular novelist’s experiences in the underworld, the story covers Kiriamiti’s alter ego Jack Zollo’s criminal life, his residency in the cooler for over a decade for robbing a bank, and his eventual release to become a model citizen and family man.

Kirina Productions (owned by actor and filmmaker Janet Kirina) is collaborating with Lucy Chodota of Cthrough Productions, based in the Netherlands, to bring Kiriamiti to the theatres.

Neil is directing the film while Janet stars as Millie, Jack Zollo’s wife. An accomplished actor, acting coach, director and producer in film and television, Neil has been working in the film industry for over 25 years in North America, having started as a film editor in Los Angeles in 1984.

Janet is an award-winning actress (Kenya Kalasha Award for Best Actress in a feature film — Benta) with extensive acting experience in television and films — two starring roles in feature films and two regular roles on Kenyan TV series: Higher Learning and Makutano Junction. As a producer, Janet co-produced the feature film All Girls Together starring herself and Nice Githinji.

The most successful of Kenyan adaptations so far is the work of the Los Angeles-based writer Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, although little is known about him in Kenya.

Born in Mombasa, Dhalla is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Ode to Lata (2001), which was adapted into a movie, The Ode (2008), starring Sachin Bhatt, Wilson Cruz, and Sakina Jaffrey.

A semi-autobiographical portrayal of a gay Kenyan Asian in the US, the movie premiered at the Oufest Film Festival in 2008 to a sold-out audience.

Unlike Dhalla, Kiriamiti is a household name, known for his bare-knuckle crime thrillers. Neil says he co-wrote the Kiriamiti script with Serah Mwihaki and Loyce Kareri.

“A budget of $4.2 million (Sh361 million) has been drawn up and a business plan is all in place,” says Neil. “We are in the process of attaching named actors for a few of the roles, Jack Zollo being one of them.”

The movie will be a break from the past, where adaptations in East Africa have been limited to works by Western writers who write about the region.

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kiriami...z/-/index.html

[donddon]

Originally Posted by donddon

May be if we tell the politicians that this is another way for them to "eat" something will be done pronto. They need some retirement money.

This was posted two days ago....look what happened yesterday at night in parliament. I think the god's must have been speaking/warning through me.

[Sideway]

Originally Posted by Adm.Adama

Kenya's best-selling book "My Life in Crime" will be made into a movie that will finally propel our country on the international stage.

This is one of my favourite African books. My brother brought it home from Nairobi after his holiday in Kenya and boy am I glad I found it one day lying in his room. I can't wait for the film.

[samounde]

I saw Nairobi Half Life being sold on Uhuru Highway today. A pirated one it must be.

[Adm.Adama]

Originally Posted by samounde

I saw Nairobi Half Life being sold on Uhuru Highway today. A pirated one it must be.

Pretty much if there are no laws to stop the pirated video kenya will be losing a lot of money every year.

Originally Posted by Sideway

This is one of my favourite African books. My brother brought it home from Nairobi after his holiday in Kenya and boy am I glad I found it one day lying in his room. I can't wait for the film.

My dad has the book and i have always passed it and never shown much interest, I'm gonna have to read it now...

I hope the film will do very well

[Dhuks]

Even before Nairobi Half Life comes out on DVD, it has been picked up as in-flight entertainment on a couple of airline carriers.

The 2012 gangster film will be available on the home country's national carrier, Kenya Airways as well as South African Airways and Emirates.

Now, international travelers who did not get the chance to catch the film in theatres will be able to follow Mwas' journey on the wrong side of Nairobi amidst other entertainment options.

Nairobi Half Life recently played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and will show at the International Film Festival Rotterdam at the end of this month.(-)

[Adm.Adama]

I love how Kenya has a lot of stories it can display to the world in a movie format....

Here are some ideas

Dedan Kimathi Movie- about how he fought for independence and through the eyes of a white farmer..

Moi and his infamous coup through the eyes of British soldiers in the country and how they assisted the GSU...

The Lunatic Express movie- about a young British man, young indian, and a young african where there lives crossed when building the mombasa-Kampala railway. And about how each of them saved each others lives when they were attacked by the famous Tsavo lions, Masaai, etc...

Mekatili movie

Etc we do have a story to tell

[ernestombayo7]

i stumbled upon this today morning.But here goes the full movie:-



Am still watching it myself.And so far soo good.

[Mkenyasili]

THANK YOU Ernestombayo7!

[tallglassy]

Nairobi Half Life is playing tomorrow here in Chi Town! YAY! I am gonna take a date and then half way in nudge them and be like "I lived there before" street cred!!!!

Congratulation!