2011 Kenyan film
The Legend of Ngong Hills |
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Directed by | Kwame Nyong'o |
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Screenplay by | Alan Barillaro |
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Produced by |
- Kwame Nyong'o
- Wallace Murungi
- Alnavaz Amlani
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Starring |
- Derek Assetto
- Doreen Kemunto
- Steve Muturi
- Joseph Waruinge
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Music by | Jim Pywell |
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Production company | Apes in Space |
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Release date |
- October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01) (TTFF)
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Running time | 10 minutes |
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Country | Kenya |
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Language | English |
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The Legend of Ngong Hills is a 2011 Kenyan animated short film directed by Kwame Nyong'o, based on a Maasai folktale. The film showed at the 2011 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival,[1] and it won the Best Animation award at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[2][3]
Plot
The story is about Ogre, who has a habit of attacking the Maasai Village, but then falls in love with the beautiful young maiden Sanayian.
Cast
- Derek Assetto as Ogre
- Doreen Kemunto as Sanaiyan
- Steve Muturi as Mzee
- Joseph Waruinge as Maasai Warrior
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