Pumzi (2009)
The outside is dead.
A sci-fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, 'The Water War'.
- Date of release
- 2009-10-20
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 21m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Drama
- Director
- Wanuri Kahiu
Casting
- Chantelle Burger — Cleaner
- Kudzani Moswela — Asha
- Tammy Richards — P.
- Nicole Bailey — Binti
- Freddy Djanabia — Guard 1
- Anton David Jeftha — Guard 2
- Arthur Cornelisser — Guard 3
- Marius Botha — Water Distributor
- Marlon Ryneveldt — Guard/Policeman
- Trymore Ndhlovu — Exercisor 1
- Cheslynn — Exercisor 2
- Henry Booysen — Exercisor 3
Interesting facts
Pumzi (transl. Breath) is a Kenyan science-fiction short film written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu. It was screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of its New African Cinema program. The project was funded with grants from the Changamoto arts fund, as well as from the Goethe Institut and Focus Features' Africa First short film program which are also to distribute the work. Kahiu hopes to expand the short into a full-length feature. The film is in English, but the title is Swahili for "Breath".
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