Kichwateli

Directed by Bobb Muchiri · Starring Alex Alaka, Carlton Namai, Godfrey Ojiambo · 2011

In a post-apocalyptic African slum, a boy with a live television for a head wanders through a dreamlike city, a metaphor for how media shapes a young generation.

A striking Afrofuturist vision set to electronic music, with an unforgettable image of a boy whose head is a TV.

'Kichwateli' (Swahili for TV-head) is a short film by Muchiri Njenga set in a post-apocalyptic African slum and city. This film takes the viewer on a spiritual and metaphorical voyage through a young boy's dream mixing n

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