{"id":3468,"date":"2010-01-25T13:53:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T20:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2010-01-25T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T20:53:53","slug":"short-sci-fi-film-from-kenya-pumzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/01\/25\/short-sci-fi-film-from-kenya-pumzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Sci-Fi Film From Kenya: Pumzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3elKofS43xM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3elKofS43xM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Writer\/director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pumzimovie.com\/director.php\"><em>Wanuri Kahiu<\/em><\/a> has made a twenty-minute science fiction film in Kenya about a future that takes place after great water wars have left the earth barren and lifeless.\u00a0 The short, called <em>Pumzi<\/em>, is playing at the <em>Sundance Film Festival<\/em>.\u00a0 It was produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspiredminority.com\/\"><em>Inspired Minority Pictures<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 The film follows a woman who works for a museum in one of the great self-contained indoor cities of Africa.\u00a0 She finds a single germinating seed and escapes to the dead landscape outside where she wants to plant the seedling.\u00a0 The film looks beautiful.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to see the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer\/director Wanuri Kahiu has made a twenty-minute science fiction film in Kenya about a future that takes place after great water wars have left the earth barren and lifeless.\u00a0 The short, called Pumzi, is playing at the Sundance Film Festival.\u00a0 It was produced by Inspired Minority Pictures.\u00a0 The film follows a woman who works for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,81],"tags":[898],"class_list":["post-3468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-science-fiction","tag-africa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Writer\/director Wanuri Kahiu has made a twenty-minute science fiction film in Kenya about a future that takes place after great water wars have left the earth barren and lifeless. 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