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Soul Boy

Fiction, 60 min
Kenya, 2010
Director: Hawa Essuman

Nairobi, Kenya. 14 year-old Abila lives with his parents in Kibera, Africa's
largest slum. One morning the teenager discovers his father huddled in a
corner, delirious and claiming that someone has stolen his soul. Abila,
shocked and confused, goes in search of a cure. Supported by his friend
Shiku, he learns that his father has gambled his soul away in the company
of a spiritual woman. The teenager sets about looking for the woman.
When he finds her in the darkest corner of the ghetto, she gives him seven
challenging tasks to save his father's lost soul.

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