FROM A WHISPER

The award-winning Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu brings us a thoughtful and lyrical but also bold tale. ‘From A Whisper’ commemorates the terrorist attack on the American embassy in Nairobi in 1998, which left over 250 people dead and more than 5,000 injured. In ‘From A Whisper’, the trauma and the devastating effects of the blast are explored not through the ones that died, but the ones who survived. Beautiful visual style, interesting storytelling, superb acting and playfulness with time and space add up to a compelling and touching film which juxtaposes suspense with the fragility of our physical and emotional existence.